The Fine Spirits Auction website has had a face lift to offer you new and improved services and features. These upgrades include a comprehensive sales history, a more powerful search tool, a dynamic analysis of price estimates, access to extensive documentation to better manage your collection and last but not least, the introduction of a new storage service.
THE MOST RECENT BIDS
From the home page, you can now view the eight most recent bids submitted on the platform in real time:
LOT HISTORY SEARCH
You can now access the entire history of Fine Spirits Auction sales – over 11,000 lots – whenever you like. Simply tick the ‘History’ box to the right of the search bar:
You will then be able to sort the results by period or ascending or descending price. For each lot listed, you will see the date of the auction, the estimated value of the lot at the time of the sale and the number of bids placed.
The following is an example of the first line of results for a history search for the Glendronach distillery:
Simply click on one of the lots to access its product history sheet.
This will enable you to find out about identical spirits for sale on FSA, add them to your collection (available soon) or even view their price estimates.
FSA PRICE ESTIMATE SEARCH
This new feature is accessible from the home page via the 'Cote' button in the top right-hand corner:
All you need to do is select the spirit you want to obtain information about.
This will provide you with the bottle's price estimate and a record of the history of the last five auctions for the lot. The FSA price estimate is updated weekly based on market performance.
The 'Analysis & Performance' feature will provide you with more information about the fluctuation of the price estimate over time, how many people have added this lot to their FSA collection as well as the current trend of the price estimate.
This service is exclusively available to those with an FSA account.
Spirits classification:
The price estimate search page also gives you access to various rankings:
- 50 highest-priced spirits per year.
- 50 highest price estimates per region.
- Spirits with the highest number of alerts on FSA.
BAROMETER
You can also access the Fine Spirits Auction barometer directly from this website.
In addition to outlining the major trends in the spirits auction market, this annual report provides an outlook for 2023 which includes the latest market trends, record prices, highlights and distilleries to keep an eye on.
This report offers more than 60 pages of advice on how to manage your collection and make the right buying and selling decisions.
This service is exclusively available to those with an FSA account.
FSA GUIDE
You can access this from the home page by clicking on the 'Guide' button in the top right-hand corner. This page gives you access to all the platform’s services.
- Buy: gathers all the advice you need to best make a purchase on FSA.
- Sell: provides you with all the tips you require to sell effectively on the website.
- FAQ: answers all your questions. And of course, you are welcome to contact our dedicated teams through the contact form.
- Barometer: gives you access to the above-mentioned document.
- Articles: a collection of articles written by our experts for both seasoned collectors and new enthusiasts.
- Auction reports: features end-of-sale articles and reports for each of our auctions.
STORAGE SERVICE
You can choose from three options once you have purchased your lots at auction:
- Collect them from our premises in Colombes, France (located just outside of Paris).
- Arrange for your order to be delivered to you.
- New: store your order in the warehouse of our logistics partner. Rest assured your bottles will be handled with the utmost care. You can quickly see your bottles in storage by clicking ‘My Spirits in stock’ and see their price estimates and decide whether to reclaim them or put them back up for sale.
