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Hart Davis Hart, (HDH) is holding their 5th annual spirits auction to get to the greatest value yet for some amazing American whisky sales...Hart Davis Hart entered the wine auction business in 2005, and decided to grow and expand into the spirits market in March 2019. Macallan 50 year old Anniversary Malt was HDH’s biggest-ticket product of 2021, striking 13th place on Whisky Advocate’s list of Auction Houses’ Most Expensive Whiskies of last year.
Challengers for the most costly bottle in this auction include a Colonel E.H. Taylor Old Fashioned Sour Mash Bourbon authorized by Buffalo Trace Distillery master distiller Harlen Wheatley (est. $12,000–$18,000), an Old Rip Van Winkle 25 year old decanter (est. $12,000–$18,000), as well as a Twisted Spoke 16 year old distilled at Stitzel-Weller Distillery (est. $7,000–$10,000). A container of Twisted Spoke brought in bids of over $18,000 in 2021, so it might still be a frontrunner despite the reduced pre-sale estimates. Outside the American bourbon room, The Macallan Fine & Rare 22 year old 1990 (est. $9,000-$14,000) is valued in maintaining with the $13,175 quote at Whisky Hammer in 2021, yet is provided at a slightly lower price quote after Hart Davis Hart stopped working to bring in a prospective buyer for the very same container in 2020.
If you’re in the market for 50 year old scotch, check out the Benromach 50 year old 1969 (est. $5,500–$8,500), one of only 125 bottles as well as priced below its original $10,000 retail price, or The Last Drop 50 year old (95 points), or take a look at the Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection Caol Ila 50 year old 1968 release(est. $4,200–$6,500). Apart from over 100 bottles of mainly modern Macallan, the other choice scotch whiskies include Port Ellen 32 year old 1979 12th release (est. $2,400–$3,500), Glenfarclas 1962 Family Casks Release III bottled in 2008 (est. $2,200–$3,200), as well as a pair of bottles from shut distillery Convalmore.
To assist accomplish its multimillion-dollar sale ambitions, HDH has brought in bankable whole lots in huge quantities, including 47 containers of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23-year-old. Make sure to inspect which vintage you’re targeting as costs vary, but as a guide, $5,500 was the highest possible proposal at the recent Sotheby’s auction. For classic bourbon imbibers that appreciated the background behind the Century of American Whiskey sale, HDH has an eye-catching option of Very Old Fitzgerald, Old Forester, Old Taylor, as well as Old Grand-Dad bottlings from the 1950s as well as 1960s, as well as 11 bottles of A.H. Hirsch from 1974 up for sale. Our current What’s It Worth? collection took a look at the WhistlePig Boss Hog series, and this sale consists of numerous possibilities to buy editions II– VIII to aid complete your collection.
Bidding on this auction can be done with Hart Davis Hart’s online bidding process system as well as application, which are both well-built and also simple to use. The site includes condition records and also excellent quality digital photography that enables you to amplify the pictures to examine every detail on the tags. Live bidding process opens up at 9 a.m. ET on March 31st. Keep in mind that buyer’s costs are 19.5% in addition to the hammer price plus applicable taxes, as well as there are no delivery options– all acquisitions must be gathered from Hart Davis Hart’s Illinois warehouse. That stated, for the bourbon, rye drinkers, and collectors alike, this yearly extravaganza in Chicago has plenty to provide.
H/T Whisky Advocate
