Rare Bottle Of Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon Sets Record After Shattering Auction Estimate

This Rare Bottle of Pappy Van Winkle Just Set a New Auction Record for American Whiskey

An Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon broke record for most expensive Post-Prohibition American whiskey at auction when it sold for $125,000 by Sotheby's

Rare Bottle Of Old Rip Van Winkle Bourbon Sets Record After Shattering Auction Estimate

Pappy Van Winkle whiskey bottles There isn’t a single brand of bourbon surrounded by more hype than the Pappy Van Winkle line, and you’ll usually have to shell out at least four figures to secure a bottle if you come across one in the wild. However, those lofty prices seem downright reasonable compared to the record-breaking sum that a rare bottle produced by the distillery fetched after hitting the auction block. There’s plenty of evidence that…

Old Rip Van Winkle sets a new record for American whiskey sold at auction

If you find a spare 100 grand burning a hole in your pocket, you might be tempted by an old bottle of whiskey. A limited-edition Old Rip Van Winkle 750ml bourbon fetched a record $125,00 (roughly equivalent to £96,450) at an auction at Sotheby's, New York, during their Whisky & Whiskey auction. The bottle was…

Old Rip Van Winkle sets new auction record for American whiskey

The Stitzel-Weller distillery created the Van Winkle Selection for the 2007 Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Sotheby’s assigned this ultra-rare bottle a pre-sale estimate of $30,000 to $50,000, but it easily exceeded expectations at the auction. The Van Winkle Selection ended up becoming the most valuable single bottle of post-prohibition American whiskey ever sold at auction. It broke the previous record of $107,715, which was set by Van Winkle 18-ye…