A rare bottle of Dalmore 50 year-old 1926 tripled its pre-sale estimate to sell for £33,750 at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh today, Wednesday 6 June, making a dram worth more than £900. The bottle had been estimated at £10,000-14,000.
Bonhams Whisky specialist Martin Green said, “The Dalmore 50 year-old 1926 is an exceptional whisky, and I am not surprised that the bidding was so intense and the price achieved so high. It was a very strong sale overall with bidders taking full advantage of the opportunity to add some very special bottles to their collections.”
Other highlights included:
- A bottle of the Macallan 1951 that sold for £17,500. One of only 632 bottles, it had been estimated at £10,000-12,000
- A bottle of Glenfiddich-1952. Estimated at £10,000-12,000, it sold for £16,250.
- A bottle of the Macallan 1957. Bottled in 1982 in honour of the 25th Anniversary of Rinaldi Brothers Inc., it made £8,750 against an estimate of £3,000-4,000.
- Two bottles of the Macallan-Glenlivet 35 year-old 1938. Sold as a pair for £6,875 having been estimated at £3,400-4,000.
In total, the sale made £433,150 with 92% of lots being sold.
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