The Martin Green Whisky Consultancy
The next Whisky auction is 18th November 2009
The
Whisky Sale,
Including
Part 1 of The Folsom Collection of Single Malts, Part 2 in Hong Kong on 27th November and Part 3 in New York in December
The Willard S Folsom Collection of Old and Rare Single Malt Whiskies
Martin Green, Bonhams Whisky Specialist comments: “In over 20 years of conducting whisky auctions, this is the most exciting collection I have ever handled.” “Many of the bottles included in the collection will never be released again or repeated by the Whisky Industry and so the sale of the collection provides the opportunity to buy many collectables of the future”
Willard began his 18-year love affair with Single Malt Whisky in 1988, while reading an article in USA Today listing the best bars in the United States for Single Malt. One of the bars listed was only 10 minutes from his home and, upon reading the article, took his wife for their first Single Malt Scotch tasting.
Willard would spend the next 18 years reading everything ever written about Scotch, highlighting every paragraph of interest and keeping copious notes in the margins. He scoured the liquor stores of the Bay Area until he had everything in his collection that could be found, before widening the search. Willard established relationships within the Scotch community from San Francisco to Dufftown and toured the Highlands, the Lowlands, Speyside, Islay, and Orkney. He purchased whisky from all over the UK and shipped it to a hotel in London, where the Scottish hotel manager would keep his whisky under lock and key until he came to pick it up.
He brought his wife and son with him to the UK on many of his trips, not to show the world to them but to have them carry suitcases full of whisky! Willard believed that it would be in the interest of his collection to have one of every bottle and if one of every bottle was good, then two of every bottle was twice as good!
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Enquiries on +44 (0) 131 225 2266, 0044 1292 520000, mobile (Martin Green, 07775 842626)
Please contact Martin Green,
Bonhams Whisky Specialist and Consultant
he whisky sales which Martin is establishing with
BONHAMS (1743) Ltd
are hugely sucessful
Our plans for
2009 have been extremely successful with most sales reaching over 99%
sold by lot and value
The Whisky Sales – Throughout 2009
All of our sales have seen excellent prices being paid, very competitively, for old and rare malts which continue to be in great demand. Ardbeg, Bowmore, Glenfarclas, Highland Park Lagavulin, Laphroaig, The Macallan as ever, Mortlach, Rosebank, Springbank and Talisker performed well and fetched very healthy prices. Old and very rare blended whiskies are alos much sought after by the discerning market.
The sales have been a resounding success illustrating that the market is still very strong and that demand for rare and collectable whisky continues to grow healthily.
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Collecting Malt Whisky, a whisky auction price guide, Second Edition, £14.99
To order a copy of Collecting Malt Whisky please email martingreen@whiskybids.com