Bonhams 22 Queen Street Edinburgh, EH2 1JX +44 (0) 131 225 2266 bonhams.com The Whisky Sale AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1793 Edinburgh | 9 December 2020 The Whisky Sale 22 Queen Street, Edinburgh | Wednesday 9 December 2020 at 11am SALE NUMBER ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES IMPORTANT INFORMATION 26052 Martin Green Monday to Friday 8.30am The United States Government +44 131 240 0910 to 6.00pm has banned the import of ivory CATALOGUE [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 into the USA. Lots containing Please see page 2 for bidder ivory are indicated by the £10.00 Georgia Porteous information including after-sale symbol ĸ printed beside the +44 131 240 2296 collection and shipment lot number in this catalogue. BIDS [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 ILLUSTRATIONS REGISTRATION Press Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Front cover: Lot 40 IMPORTANT NOTICE [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7468 5871 Back cover: Lot 41 Please note that all customers, Please note that bids should be irrespective of any previous submitted no later than 4pm on activity with Bonhams, are the day prior to the sale. New required to complete the Bidder bidders must also provide proof Registration Form in advance of identity when submitting bids. of the sale. The form can be Failure to do this may result in found at the back of every your bid not being processed. catalogue and on our website at Bidding by telephone will only be www.bonhams.com and should accepted on a lot with the lower be returned by email or post to estimate of £500. the specialist department or to the bids department at Live online bidding is available [email protected] for this sale To bid live online and / or leave Please email bids@bonhams. internet bids please go to com with ‘live bidding’ in the www.bonhams.com/ subject line 48 hours before the auctions/26052 and click on the auction to register for this service Register to bid link at the top left of the page. Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No. 4326560 9LNPZ[LYLK6ѝJL!4VU[WLSPLY.HSSLYPLZ 4VU[WLSPLY:[YLL[3VUKVU:>// MH_ 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 Payment or over only) or by filling out the inspected may no longer have an the parcel at the same price, at Invoices must be settled by the absentee bid form at the back of intact lid. Ullage levels or bottle the discretion of the Auctioneer. registered buyer. this catalogue and faxing to the conditions may differ from their Commission bidders are therefore Contact numbers: number below. Bids can also be catalogue description as a result advised to bid on the first lot in a +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 placed by email or online: of transport. Corks in older wines parcel. [email protected] may fail naturally or as a result of Collections www.bonhams.com. transportation. Bonhams cannot Buyer’s Premium Please contact the department: (Please refer to notes on bidding accept responsibility at any point 22% on the first £300,00 of the Georgia Porteous in the ‘During the Sale’ section). for failed corks, and no refunds or hammer price; [email protected] Bids must be made at least 24 replacements are given. 20% of the hammer price of +(0)131 225 2266 hours prior to the start of the sale. amounts in excess of £300,000 Proof of identity is required before Ullage up to and including £3,000,000; Vendors processing. Ullage refers to the space and 13.9% of the hammer price of Vendors will be informed of the between the wine and the bottom amounts in excess of £3,000,000. result of the sale by post. Unless Bids Office of the cork. Acceptable ullage requested to do otherwise, unsold 101 New Bond Street levels increase with age but we lots will be re-entered into the London W1S 1SR will only auction wines that we next sale. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 tel consider to be in sound condition. +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Ullage levels for Bordeaux-shaped bottles are only noted when not GENERAL INFORMATION Catalogue Descriptions and ‘into neck’ (see diagram) or, in Bids office: Cost Breakdown the case of Burgundy-shaped +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 tel Symbols (in bond / duty paid) bottles, when greater than 4cm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Estimates include duty, and a from the base of the cork. Unless [email protected] buyer’s premium at 25% (+ VAT) otherwise indicated champagne will be charged on all lots. Items ullage is measured from the base Customer services: marked with ¬ or † will also be of the bottle when inverted. +44 (0) 207 447 7447 tel charged VAT on the hammer price. Items marked with ¬ may DURING THE SALE Catalogue subscriptions: be kept under bond if required +44 (0) 1666 502200 tel Bidding [email protected] and duty will be deducted from Commission bids are rounded the hammer price. If buyers down to the nearest increment. advise the bids office that they Bidding increments are at the require their wine to remain in discretion of the Auctioneer, but bond, duty will be deducted from are usually as follows: the hammer price and they are then responsible for clearance, Level of Bid Increment VAT and any other charges that £50 - £100 £5 may be payable. £100 - £200 £10 £200 - £500 £20 Please note that lots not £500 - £1,000 £20/£50/£80 Very Top Shoulder collected from 22 Queen £1,000 - £2,000 £100 Top Shoulder Street by 5.30pm Wednesday £2,000 - £5,000 £200 High Shoulder 6 January 2021 will be removed £5,000 - £10,000 £200/500/800 High/Mid Shoulder to our own storage facility at a Over £10,000 £500 Mid Shoulder cost of £10 per week plus VAT Low/Mid Shoulder per lot. Low Shoulder All lots will be invoiced Duty Paid Sale Information Edinburgh Salerooms Managing Director The Scottish Sale Whisky 22 Queen Street, EH2 1JX Charles Graham-Campbell Charles Graham Campbell Martin Green +44 (0) 131 225 2266 Georgia Porteous Valuations, Trusts & Estates Pictures Charles MacLean (consultant) Glasgow Office Charles Graham-Campbell May Matthews Kirkhill House, Broom Road East Gordon McFarlan Chris Dawson (London) The Sporting Sale Newton Mearns Belinda Treble Hamish Wilson Glasgow G77 5LL Hamish Wilson Jewellery +44 (0) 141 223 8866 Emma McMillan London Silver 101 New Bond Street, W1S 1SR Gordon McFarlan +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 +44 (0) 20 7447 7400 fax IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BUYERS COLLECTION AND STORAGE Please note that lots not collected from 22 Queen Street by Wednesday 6 January 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 TALISKER-12 YEAR OLD Pure Malt Whisky. Distilled and bottled by Talisker Distillery, Isle of Skye. Green glass bottle. Stopper cork, lead capsule. Good labelling with some minor staining. Level: high/mid shoulder. 1 pint, 6 fl. ozs. Single malt, no strength stated on labelling 1 bottle £1,500 - 2,500 €1,700 - 2,800 HK$15,000 - 25,000 2 HIGHLAND PARK-1981 (SMWS 4.26) Distilled Sep 1981 at Highland Park Distillery, bottled Jan 1994 by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Good label. Level: top shoulder. 70 cl. Single malt, 103.9 degrees proof, 59.4% volume 1 bottle £300 - 400 €330 - 450 HK$3,100 - 4,100 3 BUNNAHABHAIN-11 YEAR OLD-1997 (SMWS 10.63) Distilled Aug 1997 at Bunnahabhain Distillery, bottled Aug 2008 by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Good label. Level: very top shoulder. 70 cl. Single malt, 99 degrees proof, 56.6% volume 1 bottle £250 - 300 €280 - 330 HK$2,500 - 3,100 1 -VYKL[HPSZVM[OLJOHYNLZWH`HISLPUHKKP[PVU[V[OLÄUHS/HTTLY7YPJLVMLHJO3V[ 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 4 7 BUNNAHABHAIN-1978 (SMWS 10.9) DAILUAINE-1975 (SMWS 41.2) Distilled Oct 1978 at Bunnahabhain Distillery, bottled Sep 1991 by The Distilled Apr 1975 at the Dailuaine Distillery, bottled Jun 1990. Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Good label. Level: very top shoulder. 75 cl. Single malt, 102 degrees Good label. Level: mid shoulder. 75 cl. Single malt, 98 degrees proof, proof, 58.2% volume 56% volume 1 bottle 1 bottle £300 - 450 £250 - 300 €330 - 500 €280 - 330 HK$3,100 - 4,600 HK$2,500 - 3,100 8 5 LEDAIG-1980 (SMWS 42.5) SCAPA-1979 (SMWS 17.4) Distilled Jun 1980 at Ledaig Distillery, bottled Sep 1990 by The Distilled Apr 1979 at Scapa Distillery, bottled Feb 1990 by The Scotch Scottish Malt Whisky Society. Malt Whisky Society.