Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon Breaks Auction Record as Most Expensive American Whiskey

A rare bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon sold for well over the expected six-figure auction price.
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The most expensive collection of American whiskey broke auction records at $2.5 million

The collection of American whiskey that recently went to auction had something for everyone to marvel at while fetching a ...

The Market Dynamics Behind A $2.5 Million Whiskey Auction

How did one bottle of bourbon achieve a 83,000% return on its original MRSP? Exploring decades of market dynamics that led to record-breaking auction sales at Sotheby’s.

This Rare 1982 Bourbon Just Became The Most Expensive In U.S. Whiskey History

On January 24, 2026, Sotheby’s, an auction house based in NYC, auctioned a bottle of straight Kentucky bourbon for a total of ...

Here Is A List Of The World’s Most Expensive Whiskey Bottles Ever Sold

From the $2.8 million Emerald Isle to record-setting Macallan, Japanese, and American bottles, a look at the whiskies that ...

A 1982 bourbon just became the most expensive American Whiskey ever sold

A single bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle from 1982 sold for $162,500, leading a $2.5 million auction that redefined how the ...
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A Private Whiskey Collection Filled With Rare Pappy Van Winkle Could Fetch $1.7 Million

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There were plenty of notable whiskey auctions throughout 2025, many of them featuring truly rare and highly sought after bottles ...
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The Most Valuable Whiskey Collection in the World Will Soon Be Available at Auction

The entire collection was specially selected by an expert curator. "During his pursuit, the collector met and developed a relationship with U.S. based whisky specialist Jonathan Read who has played an ...
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This Rare Whiskey Trio From a Famous—But Closed—Japanese Distillery Can Be Yours for a Cool $50,000

Today, an extremely limited edition set of Japanese whiskies is going on sale—and, believe it or not, they are not ultra-aged Yamazaki expressions. These are three vintages from the highly regarded ...
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Whisky distributor uses NFTs and AI to sell 50-year-old collection

Scotland-based distillery The Glenlivet has turned to nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help sell bottles of a 50-year-old whisky priced at around $43,000 per bottle. On ...

Casks of Distinction: Rare whisky for drinking, not investment

Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. Established in 2017, Casks of Distinction was created by ...
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A Private Whiskey Collection Filled With Rare Pappy Van Winkle Could Fetch $1.7 Million

The value of the collection, which is owned by an unnamed individual who clearly knows a thing or two about rare whiskey, is estimated to be worth between $1.17 and $1.68 million. 360 individual ...