The Whisky Sale Edinburgh I 1 June 2021 The Whisky sale 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh | Tuesday 1 June 2021 at 11am BONHAMS ENQUIRIES BIDS Please see back of catalogue 22 Queen Street Martin Green - Bid online/APP for important notice to bidders Edinburgh +44 131 240 0910 Register to bid online by visiting EH2 1JX [email protected] www.bonhams.com/26693 To submit a claim for refund of bonhams.com VAT, HMRC require lots to be Georgia Porteous Bid through the exported from the UK within strict +44 131 240 2296 deadlines. For lots on which Import SALE NUMBER app. Download now [email protected] for android and iOS VAT has been charged (marked in 26693 the catalogue with a * or Ω) lots Lots 1 - 61 Press Enquiries - Bid by telephone/absentee must be exported within 30 days of [email protected] We require a completed Bidder Bonhams’ receipt of payment and CATALOGUE: £25 +44 (0) 20 7468 5871 Registration Form returned by email within 3 months of the sale date. For to [email protected]. all other lots export must take place ILLUSTRATIONS CUSTOMER SERVICES within 3 months of the sale date. Front Cover: lot 39 Monday to Friday 8.30am The form can be found at the back Rear Cover: lot 18 to 6.00pm of every catalogue and on our +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 website at www.bonhams.com IMPORTANT NOTICE Please see page 2 for bidder ABOUT COVID information including after-sale Please note we cannot guarantee collection and shipment Bonhams continues to hold bids within 24 hours of the sale. viewings and sales in accordance to the government guidelines in each Bidding by telephone will only be region. If local restrictions prevent accepted on a lot with a lower our salerooms from opening, the estimate in excess of £1,000. sales will either be wholly online or livestreamed from the auction - Bid in person house. Bids will be accepted You can pre-register online at online, on the Bonhams app, on the Bonhams.com or obtain a paddle at telephone and as absentee bids. our Registration Desk. For up to date information and if you have any questions regarding an - New Bidders upcoming sale please contact Client You must provide proof of identity Services on: when submitting bids. A copy +44 (0)20 7447 7447 or of a government- issued photo [email protected] identification (driving licence or passport) showing your full name and date of birth, and, if not shown on the ID document, proof of your current address (utility bill or bank statement). For company account or other entities, please contact us in relation to the documents you will need to provide. Failure to do this may result in your bids not being processed. For all other enquiries, contact our Client Services department on: Bonhams 1793 Limited +44 (0) 207 447 7447 or Registered No. 4326560 [email protected] Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Sale Information PRE-SALE INFORMATION Condition Options to buy parcels POST-SALE INFORMATION Bidding Bottle condition is only noted A parcel is a number of lots of Results Bidding is per lot as catalogued where it may significantly identical size of the same wine, Sale results are published on unless otherwise stated and influence the estimate value of bottle size and description. The our website shortly after the sale can be made in person, on the the lot. It is not our policy to buyer of the first lot in any parcel has finished. Vendors are also telephone (for individual lots inspect every unopened case, has the option to purchase some informed of sale results by post. with a lower estimate of £400 however those that have been or all of the remaining lots in or over only) or by filling out the inspected may no longer have an the parcel at the same price, at Payment intact lid. Ullage levels or bottle the discretion of the Auctioneer. absentee bid form at the back of Invoices must be settled by the conditions may differ from their Commission bidders are this catalogue and faxing to the registered buyer. catalogue description as a result therefore advised to bid on the number below. Bids can also be Contact numbers: of transport. Corks in older wines first lot in a parcel. placed by email or online: +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] may fail naturally or as a result of transportation. Bonhams cannot www.bonhams.com. Buyer’s Premium Collections accept responsibility at any point (Please refer to notes on bidding 22% on the first £300,000 of for failed corks, and no refunds Please contact the department: in the ‘During the Sale’ section). the hammer price; or replacements are given. Georgia Porteous Bids must be made at least 24 20% of the hammer price of [email protected] hours prior to the start of the amounts in excess of £300,000 Ullage +(0)131 225 2266 sale. Proof of identity is required up to and including £3,000,000; Ullage refers to the space before processing. and 13.9% of the hammer Vendors between the wine and the price of amounts in excess of Vendors will be informed of the Bids Office bottom of the cork. Acceptable £3,000,000. result of the sale by post. Unless 101 New Bond Street ullage levels increase with age but we will only auction wines requested to do otherwise, London W1S 1SR unsold lots will be re-entered into +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 tel that we consider to be in sound condition. Ullage levels for the next sale. Catalogue Descriptions and Bordeaux-shaped bottles are GENERAL INFORMATION Cost Breakdown only noted when not ‘into neck’ (see diagram) or, in the case of Bids office Symbols (in bond / duty paid) Burgundy-shaped bottles, when Estimates include duty, and a +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 tel greater than 4cm from the base buyer’s premium at 25% (+ VAT) [email protected] of the cork. Unless otherwise will be charged on all lots. Items indicated champagne ullage is marked with Δ or † will also be Customer services measured from the base of the charged VAT on the hammer +44 (0) 207 447 7447 tel bottle when inverted. price. Items marked with Δ may be kept under bond if required Catalogue subscriptions and duty will be deducted from DURING THE SALE +44 (0) 1666 502200 tel the hammer price. If buyers Bidding [email protected] advise the bids office that they Commission bids are rounded require their wine to remain in down to the nearest increment. bond, duty will be deducted from Bidding increments are at the the hammer price and they are discretion of the Auctioneer, but then responsible for clearance, are usually as follows: VAT and any other charges that may be payable. Level of Bid Increment £50 - £100 £5 Please note that lots not £100 - £200 £10 Very Top Shoulder collected from 22 Queen Street £200 - £500 £20 Top Shoulder by 5.30pm Tuesday 15 June £500 - £1,000 £20/£50/£80 High Shoulder 2021 will be removed to our own £1,000 - £2,000 £100 High/Mid Shoulder storage facility at a cost of £10 £2,000 - £5,000 £200 Mid Shoulder per week plus VAT per lot. £5,000 - £10,000 £200/500/800 Low/Mid Shoulder Over £10,000 £500 Low Shoulder All lots will be invoiced Duty Paid Sale Information Edinburgh Salerooms Managing Director The Scottish Sale Silver 22 Queen Street, EH2 1JX Charles Graham-Campbell May Matthews Gordon McFarlan +44 (0) 131 225 2266 Valuations, Trusts & Estates Pictures Whisky London Charles Graham-Campbell May Matthews Martin Green 101 New Bond Street, W1S 1SR Grant MacDougall Chris Dawson (London) Georgia Porteous +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Gordon McFarlan Belinda Treble Jewellery Hamish Wilson Nathalie Jordan IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BUYERS COLLECTION AND STORAGE Please note that lots not collected from 22 Queen Street by Tuesday 15 June 2021 will be removed to our own storage facility at a cost of £10 per week plus VAT per lot. © Bonhams Scotland All rights reserved. Reproduction of catalogue and photographs, in whole or in part is prohibited without acknowledgement to Bonhams Scotland 1 THE MACALLAN-1950 Distilled and bottled by The Macallan Glenlivet Ltd. Distributed by Gordon & MacPhail. Bottle number 501. In wooden presentation case. Good labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 75 cl. Single malt, 43% volume 1 bottle £4,200 - 4,800 €4,900 - 5,600 HK$46,000 - 53,000 2 THE MACALLAN NICOL’S NECTAR Distilled and bottled by The Macallan Distillers Ltd. Whiskies selected by Peter Nicol and bottled on the occasion of his retirement, 11th July 1996. Good labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 70 cl. Single malt, 46% volume 1 bottle £3,000 - 3,500 €3,500 - 4,100 HK$33,000 - 38,000 3 THE MACALLAN PRIVATE EYE Bottled to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Private Eye and includes cask number 1580, bonded 1961. Bottle 4262 of 5000. Transfer printed and paper labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 70 cl. Single malt, 40% volume 1 bottle £3,500 - 4,000 €4,100 - 4,700 HK$38,000 - 44,000 1 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 4 THE MACALLAN-18 YEAR OLD-1981 Exclusively matured in selected Sherry Oak casks from Jerez.