Whisky Advocate: 2023 Auction Market Races To The Finish

The whisky auction scene shows no signs of relaxing as the end of the year approaches. Sotheby’s conducted a substantial sale of Scotch, Bourbon, rye, and Japanese whisky in New York this month, including several historic and rare bottlings of Kentucky Bourbon and rye that sold for $20,000 and more. Sotheby’s reported that this sale received the highest-ever number of bidders in a Sotheby’s spirits sale, and set new record prices for Glenturret, LeNell’s Red Hook Rye, and Rathskeller Rye from 1983.

Scotch Whisky Auctions celebrated their 150th auction this month, with a bottle of Glendronach 1971 50 year old leading the sale with a hammer price of $22,588. With a number of online auctions slated for late December, whisky collectors can keep bidding until the ball drops at midnight and beyond in a bid to bag their first whisky bottles of 2024. Whisky Advocate has more.

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