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Auction house Bonhams has pulled out the entire A-1 Fine Wines Sale of 607 lots, which was touted as “one of Asia’s most encyclopedic wine collections,” from last Saturday’s auction, due to overwhelming allegations of fake wines.
Bonhams will present what it calls “one of the most encyclopedic wine collections in Asia – The Collection of A-1 Fine Wines” at its upcoming sale of Fine and Rare Wine and Whisky in Hong Kong on Saturday 21 November. It is estimated at more than HK$20million.
A bottle of Yamazaki 55 Year Old, the oldest expression of the prestigious Yamazaki whisky and the oldest Japanese whisky in history, will go under hammer at Bonhams’ upcoming Hong Kong auction on August 21.
Rare Japanese whisky and scotch drams are commanding astronomical prices at auctions. Here, we have rounded up five of the most expensive whiskies ever sold in the world.
Prices of rare whiskies are soaring, and top Japanese whiskies have emerged to become the crème de la crème of whisky collection.
Japanese whisky still commands whisky auctions, and a rare lot of ‘Ghost Series’ achieved top price at Bonhams’ latest online auction in Hong Kong.
Bonhams has set a new world record of a whisky cask sold at auctions with the 30-year-old Macallan cask, achieving more than HK$4.4 million (US$572,000) in Hong Kong.
A rare 30 year whisky sherry hogshead cask from the famed Macallan Distillery will go under hammer next month at a Bonhams auction in Hong Kong, and is expected to fetch as much as HK$4.6 million.
An upcoming whisky tasting in Sweden featuring a full set of Japanese Hanyu Ichiro card series will set you back for US$21,000 for one single ticket, the organiser said, possibly making it the world’s most expensive tasting ever.
The crown jewel of Japanese rare whisky collection, the whole set of Hanyu Ichiro’s Full Card Series, will go under hammer at auction house Bonhams’ upcoming Whisky and Wine auction on August 16 in Hong Kong, and is likely to smash previous world record.