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A Million-Dollar Milestone: The Yamazaki 50-Year-Old Club Natsume Shatters the Japanese Whisky Auction Record On the morning of May 30, 2026, inside a sale room in Hong Kong, a single bottle of Japanese whisky crossed a threshold that no bottle from the islands of Japan had ever breached. When the

When Max Shapira decided to part with three bottles from his personal bourbon collection, he wasn't just selling whiskey. He was putting more than a century of American distilling history on the block — and doing it for charity. Shapira, the executive chairman of Heaven Hill Distillery, has cur

A Rare Whisky Just Proved That Princess Diana Collectibles Are Still Big Money There is no shortage of Princess Diana collectibles floating around the secondary market, but every now and then something turns up that stops serious collectors in their tracks. A bottle of The Macallan Royal Marriage

Hackstons Acquires One of the Rarest American Whiskey Collections Ever Assembled There are rare whiskies, and then there are unicorns. The kind of bottles that serious collectors spend years chasing, that show up at auction with price tags that make your eyes water, and that most enthusiasts will

Chicago's Van Winkle Legacy Goes Under the Hammer — and the Results Were Staggering There are bourbon auctions, and then there are moments that rewrite what collectors thought they knew about the market. What just went down at Unicorn, the Chicago-based whiskey auction house, was firmly the latter

And the story behind them is as good as what's in the bottle There are bourbon auctions, and then there are moments in bourbon history. What Chicago-based Unicorn Auctions is putting on the block between April 19 and 26 falls squarely into the second category — a collection that doesn't just rep

When two wooden casks of Japanese whisky sold at a Christie's auction for a combined £4.25 million — roughly $5.4 million — it wasn't just a record. It was a statement about how far rare whisky has come as a serious asset class, and why one long-silent Japanese distillery continues to command price

Louisville is preparing to host something the city has never seen before. This coming February, bourbon collectors, enthusiasts, and supporters of military veterans will gather for three days of rare tastings, exclusive experiences, and what organizers are calling one of the most comprehensive publ

When four American whiskey makers decide to pool their best barrels for a single cause, you know something special is brewing. The upcoming Kentucky Bourbon Country Auction & Celebration has announced a lot that's turning heads across the bourbon world—a one-of-a-kind barrel called "United We S

A bottle of whiskey just sold for more money than most people spend on a new pickup truck. Last weekend at Sotheby's in New York City, a single bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 20 Year Old Single Barrel "Sam's" hammered down at $162,500, setting a new benchmark as the most expensive American whiskey ev