The Wealth Report 2019 reveals that new entrant
The Knight Frank Rare Whisky 100 Index, featured for the first time in the KFLII and compiled by Rare Whisky 101, contains 100 bottles of the world’s most desirable rare Scotch
The most significant sale of 2018 was a unique bottle of Macallan 1926, hand painted by Irish artist Michael Dillon, that sold for a record-breaking £1.2million in November. This incredible rise in values has been partially driven by the Asian market, as sales of Scotch
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Andy Simpson, Co-founder Rare Whisky 101 said, “While rare whisky remains a somewhat fledgling asset class compared to some other passion investments, the market for rare and vintage bottles has witnessed extraordinary growth over the past ten years, both in terms of the volume of whisky being traded and the value of that whisky. Thekey to rare whisky’s sustained growth as an asset class, is the passion buyers worldwide share for investing, collecting, and occasionally drinking, some of the best and rarest Scotch whisky ever made!”
The KFLII shows that
Record-breaking sales also took place for a number of the KFLII’s other asset classes in 2018:· In the classic car market, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO was sold for US$48 million – the most expensive car sold at auction. Another sold privately for a
All data to Q4 2018 except stamps (Q4 2017) and watches (Q2 2018). Reflecting demand Chinese Ceramics have been replaced with Rare Whisky. Following the decision of Stanley Gibbons to cease its coin and stamp indices this data is now provided by Art Market Research. Art is now based on the Art Market Research All Art Index, which tracks around 10,000 painters Compiled by Knight Frank research using data from Art Market Research.com (art, jewellery, watches, stamps, coins, furniture) Fancy Color Research Foundation (coloured diamonds) HAGI (classic cars) Rare Whisky 101 (whisky) Wine Owners (wine)
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