Yamazaki Whisky Annihilates Expectations At Hong Kong Auction Fetching $371,000
— Updated on 17 June 2021

Yamazaki Whisky Annihilates Expectations At Hong Kong Auction Fetching $371,000

— Updated on 17 June 2021
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The first of Sotheby Hong Kong’s wine auctions of 2018 have started the year off with one hell of a bar to raise. At the private auction over the weekend, one 50-year-old bottle of Yamazaki Single Malt sold for a stupidly excessive price of $2,337,000 HKD, that’s over $370,000 Aussie dollars.

The rare drop destroyed its expected auction ceiling of $1,100,000 HKD, breaking the record for the highest-recorded sale price of Japanese Whisky. This particular bottle of Yamazaki from the House of Suntory was released in a limited run back in 2011 and sports a handcrafted wooden case.

Purchased anonymously, the whisky topped out the auction, beating a dozen bottles of Richebourg 1976 Henri Jayer which sold for $1,476,000 HKD ($234,000 AUD).

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John McMahon is a founding member of the Boss Hunting team who honed his craft by managing content across website and social. Now, he's the publication's General Manager and specialises in bringing brands to life on the platform.

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