Whiskey Auction Concludes With 6-Bottle Macallan Set Selling for More Than $550,000

The Macallan in Lalique Six Pillars Collection Sotheby’s latest whiskey auction (Photo: Sotheby’s)

Sotheby’s latest whiskey auction, named The Timeless Whisky Collection, concluded this month.

The highest seller at the auction was The Macallan in Lalique Six Pillars Collection, which sold for $562,500 — on the higher end of its projected range of $400,000-$600,000. This lot comprised six whiskies housed in Lalique glass decanters, plus an experience offered by Lalique: a night at Villa René Lalique in Alsace, France, with a tour of the museum and a meal in Lalique’s 2 Michelin Star restaurant.

Other highlights from the auction included…

• A decanter of 72 Year Old Macallan sold for $93,750 — $3,750 beyond the upper end of its expected selling price.
• A bottle of Bowmore Black The Last Cask 50 Year Old sold for $62,500 — $7,250 beyond the upper end of its expected selling price.
• A decanter of the Macallan Millennium 50 Year Old sold for $50,000 — $10,000 beyond the upper end of its expected selling price.
• The Karuizawa Budo Collection (three bottles) sold for $47,500 — $7,500 beyond the upper end of its expected selling price.
• A bottle of Bowmore 50 Year Old sold for $37,500.
• A bottle of The Macallan 40 Year Old 2017 Release sold for $37,500 — $7,500 beyond the upper end of its expected selling price
• A bottle of The Macallan Fine & Rare 31 Year Old sold for $35,000.
• A bottle of Glenlivet GOrdon & Macphail Private Collection 70 Year Old sold for $30,000.
• Two bottles of Ardbeg Double Barrel 1974 sold for $30,000

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