Macallan whisky sells online for a million dollars
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A RARE Macallan whisky which is part of the world's largest private collection has sold for more than a million dollars.
The Macallan 1926 Valerio Adami 60-year-old went for a world record $1,072,000 (£825,000) through online Whisky Auctioneer, based in Perthshire.
The whisky belonged to American collector Richard Gooding.
The auction attracted 1642 bidders from 56 countries around the world.
Bids for the 1926 Macallan came in from 11 countries, including UK, Germany, Singapore and Australia with the
eventual winning bid coming from Europe.
Another record-breaking achievement within this auction included the Macallan 1928 Anniversary Malt 50-year-old which achieved a hammer price of $119,863 (£92,000).
Mr Gooding's whisky has been described by experts as 'The Perfect Collection'.
Other highlights included an old Orkney Real Liqueur Whisky circa 1930s from Stromness Distillery ($33,891).
Another grouping of 201 bottles from The Macallan £1,997,000.
The Macallan 62-year-old Lalique also set a record hammer price at £54,000.
An Ardbeg 1974 Double Barrel 2 x 75cl / US fetched £21,250.
Iain McClune, founder of Whisky Auctioneer said: “We always knew that The Perfect Collection by Mr Gooding could make whisky history, but with auctions anything can happen."
In total, the first part of Mr Gooding's collection raised more than £3.2 million and featured 1932 bottles.
The final part of the sale starts on April 10 and includes the desirable and rare bottles such as The Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare and a 1937 Glenfiddich 64-year-old.
Angus MacRaild, whisky expert said: “The results were significant for two key reasons in my mind. Firstly the top
end hammer prices demonstrated clearly that, not only can the online auction model compete with the traditional auction houses with these kinds of bottles, but in Whisky Auctioneer’s case it demonstrably outperforms them.
"Secondly, and of more interest and relevance to the wider whisky community, the prices were still largely driven by perceived quality of liquid and overall scarcity of each individual bottle.
"Prices were generally high, but hundreds of beautiful, historic and superb old whiskies have found new homes across the world.
"Some will be kept but most will be opened and enjoyed sooner or later. Something I’m sure Mr Gooding would have wholeheartedly approved of.”
The collection was amassed by the late Mr Gooding, a private collector from Colorado who spent decades in pursuit of creating ‘The Perfect Collection’ of whisky, leaving no stone unturned by travelling regularly to Scotland with his pilot in search of special bottles at auctions and distilleries.
Until recently, the collection has been housed in Mr Gooding’s ‘pub’ - a dedicated room located in his family home that was specially designed to showcase each one of his whiskies in all their glory.
The second part will run from April 10-20 at whiskyauctioneer.com
