Sean Purce
Senior Specialist
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Alchemy of Spirits | Presenting Compass Box To Benefit The Wolfsonian
26 November – 10 December 2025 | starting at 12:00 EST
A compass, traditionally a device of direction, when in the right hands, can be a key to liberation. Its needle no longer pointing just north but toward possibility itself, guiding the pathfinder beyond the edges of old maps where convention begins to blur and boundaries lose their shape. With each step, the familiar dissolves like fog, revealing uncharted territory where imagination springs to life. Here, discovery is not found, rather it is made, drawn from the courage to wander past certainty and into the vast expanse of creation.
Alchemy of Spirits – No Reserve | Presenting Compass Box To Benefit The Wolfsonian will be open to bidding through December 10th and will close on a rolling basis of one lot per 30 seconds starting at 7pm (EST), 12am (GMT), 2am (CET), 8am (HKT) will be OFFERED WITHOUT A RESERVE. A very special instalment direct from Compass Box with a crown jewel one-of-one bottle: Confluence. All proceeds from the consignment of Compass Box specifically will be donated to the Wolfsonian.
Creativity is their true north, this whiskyblender stands alone in a space different from a distiller, more than a blender. Where others follow well established norms, they chart new courses. Blending not by rule, but by instinct, vision, and an unwavering sense of artistry. Each cask becomes a brushstroke, every aroma a note in a larger composition that defies the usual, yet honours craft. In a field where precision often eclipses imagination, they remind us whisky, at its finest, is not just engineered, but inspired.
It is the ethos of Compass Box and its visionary creator, John Glaser, to not just deviate from the norm, but to lead the global whisky community beyond new horizons. In celebration with the new Creative Director of Whiskymaking, Angela D'Orizio, a unique one-of-one blend, Confluence, showcasing the complexities of both Scotch and Swedish whisky will be brought to auction November 26th – December 10th.
London-based artist, Mary West, whose work merges abstract and figurative elements to explore landscape through light space and texture has created a one-off work to adorn the bottle. The terroirs of Scotland and Sweden collide on the label to illustrate the revolutionary blend that not only encompasses the Compass Box mission, but also the history and heritage of Angela. Woodworker and designer, Duncan Legate, specially hand crafted the display using Scottish wood. With minimal intervention nature's imperfections further showcase the clash of topography. The consignment goes on to tour the legacy of the Compass Box, 25 years of inventions with offerings ranging from the classics, new releases, and limited editions.
The selections continue to gallery the wide world of spirits with robust showings of Single Malts, Bourbons, Tequila and Rum.
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