a million dollars for a bottle of whisky
947 000 euro: that was a buyer at a public auction in edinburgh, a bottle of scotch whisky. this sum is a world record, and at the same time, testimony of trends. as for a long time is not just for whisky connoisseurs. risikofreudige investors and collectors have the golden drink apart. but it is worth the investment in whisky?
"the hype has been running a few years," says severin simon, vice president of the association of german whiskybrenner, on request. bottles of macallan valerio adami was auctioned in scotland pure collection objects, only a very small share of the world accounted for whiskyproduktion. it also stresses that the stock of older whiskies are going down. the same applies to the stock of some 150 years old casks in which the expensive tobacco stores.
also, marcus weber of raritätenhandel finest whisky follows this trend. "social media is the sammlerbereich become well connected," he observed. there are experts in forums on the performance and quality of individual bottles, various indices in the investment security. weber that lovers from all over the world, in order to acquire rarities on the european market.
the auction in 1926 fire bottle
there is, for example, increased interest from the far east. a third of up to 40 percent of all sales of the record auction bonhams go in this region. it was also the buyer of the rekordwhiskys from asia. the bottle was in 1926 in scotland when on fire. only 24 bottles of vodka, then 60 years later, in 1986, filled. the labels on the bottles designed the artist peter blake and valerio adami. how many bottles of still exist, is not known. in may of this year was, however, another bottle of the same barrel in hong kong have been sold for around eur 45 000 less than now.
if an investment is whisky is, however, questionable. the value of the bottles is committed from many different factors, says weber. these included the awareness of the distilleries, age and condition of the labels and bottles and their levels. first of all, the often difficult vorauszusehende demand is crucial. it happens that some whisky at auction a very high price can and the next is half sold. in addition to the price volatility between the auctions should be long-term fluctuations. it is in the 1980s, the global demand is very small.
all in all, the performance is difficult to predict in berlin, prices could remain stable, reasonably suspected weber. because the product quality is very high and stay also exist if the interest of the collector schwinde. however, the investment is a high risk. as a fashion trend is difficult to control, "says verbandsvize simon. at least when the bottle on the ground, the yield is lost. or if you drank it all.(徳囯ASK电容器)