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Own a Piece of the Irish Whiskey Story from Boann Distillery

Boann Distillery is one of Ireland’s only family-owned and -operated whiskey distilleries. As one of the most innovative distilleries on the Island of Ireland, their state-of-the-art distillery allows the creation of a triple-distilled single-pot still spirit of unrivalled quality. The distillery is uniquely set up to produce the finest distillate using three copper pot stills which are the only whiskey stills in the world that utilise nano-technology in their design, allowing the creation of a...

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How Whisky Could Pay For Your Future

Arts & Collections

Rare whisky is the best performing collectable over a ten year period, according to the Knight Frank Wealth report, gaining an average annual rise of 54% in value. Since 2011, the award-winning Vintage Acquisitions have been building valued relationships and an outstanding reputation in the buying, selling and management of investment-grade whisky casks, securing their position as the UK’s market leader of this lucrative and tax-free sector. With decades of combined experience, Vintage Acquisitions offers...

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Whisky Auctioneer Breaks Records with Million Dollar Macallan Sale

Robyn White

A Whisky Auctioneer auction has broken records as a valuable and rare 1926 Macallan sold for $1,072,000 (£825,000), which broke the previous sale record of $912,000 in 2018. The whiskies up for sale, described as the ‘Perfect Collection’ had already sparked global interest before the auction started. This was the first online whisky auction that saw a bottle sell for a million dollars. Bids came in from 56 countries all over the world, with 1,642...

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Macallan Whiskey Fetches One Million at Auction

Annalisa D'Alessio

The Macallan Lalique Legacy Collection, which boasts several bottles of whiskey aged from 50 to 60 years in crystal decanters, has sold for close to $1 million at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The sale dramatically surpassed its estimate—it was expected to fetch between $250,000 to $500,000. Each of the single malts represents one of the Macallan Six Pillars—such as ageing in exceptional oak casks, employing small stills and using only the finest cuts—that elevate and...

Modern Collectables

A Whisky Investment Guide for Beginners

Arts & Collections

Rare whisky has become a lucrative option for the canny investor, but what makes this spirit such a good prospect, and how do we make the right whisky investment choices? According to consultancy Rare Whisky 101, the rare whisky market is booming with the total value of collectable whiskies traded on the open market priced at £9.56 million in 2015, up from £7.64 million in 2014. The Rare Whisky Apex 1000, the main index for...

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Scottish Whisky High Quality For McTear’s

Arts & Collections

Scottish Whisky high quality for McTear’s is still affordable and is becoming ever more collectable, and McTear’s Auctioneers will tell you, it’s a shrewd investment. The July auction at McTear’s Auctioneers in Scotland was a thriving affair, with hammer prices totalling £92,000 plus for a sale of just under 500 lots of rare and collectable whisky. The bottles mainly came from individuals—many of them passed down from elderly relatives, as was the case with the...

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Whiskey Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Arts & Collections

Own a Piece of the Irish Whiskey Story from Boann Distillery

How Whisky Could Pay For Your Future

Whisky Auctioneer Breaks Records with Million Dollar Macallan Sale

Macallan Whiskey Fetches One Million at Auction

A Whisky Investment Guide for Beginners

Scottish Whisky High Quality For McTear’s

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Narratives in Clay at County Hall

Helmut Newton Polaroids in Berlin

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