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The Most Expensive Whisky Ever Sold at Auction
Discover which Scotch Whisky brand dominates our shortlist of the world s most collectable bottles.
By Emma Al-Mousawi | February 18 2021
Scottish and Japanese whisky command the highest prices / ©Shutterstock
When it comes to the price of rare and collectible whisky, it seems like the only way is up. As soaring bids and an endless buzz of broken auction records continue to dominate the industry’s headlines, it is predominantly Scottish and Japanese whisky that command the mightiest price tags among global collectors. As a result, it is the whisky from these two nations alone that make up our short list of the most expensive whisky ever sold at auction.
AustraliaJapanHong-kongEaster-elchiesMorayUnited-kingdomSingaporeItalyIrelandFranceSpainLondonWhisky is big business, and no more so than in 2020 it seems. With distilleries temporarily closing due to Covid restrictions and production slowing, casks produced in 2020 are predicted to become some of the rarest and most valuable in the future, believes cask whisky investment company Whiskey and Wealth Club.
While it will be some years before that prediction is proven true, 2020 has certainly been tumultuous, which could well see it remembered as a “significant time for the history of the whisky industry”, the company has said.
Predicting the future’s big selling drams is an inherently risky business, but what is clear is that the whisky investment has never been more buoyant, with returns typically outpacing wine, art and jewellery, with the value of whisky rising by 582% since 2009, according to Knight Frank’s 2019 Wealth Report.
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