Compass Box has announced that its 25th anniversary charity auction, held in partnership with Boston-based Bonhams Auction House, raised $54,000 for The Wolfsonian–Florida International University Museum.

The headline lot, Compass Box Confluence (49.1% ABV) — a one-of-a-kind blended malt whisky comprising a unique blend of Scottish and Swedish whiskies — reflects the heritage of the brand’s new Creative Director of Whiskymaking, Angela D’Orazio. The lot sold for $22,500, more than double its pre-sale estimate of $10,000.

Alongside Confluence, the online auction, which ran from November 26th to December 10th, featured seven additional lots drawn from the brand’s archive. These ranged from iconic classics to new releases and rare limited editions. All lots were offered without reserve, with total proceeds exceeding $54,000.

Net proceeds will support educational programming and future exhibitions at The Wolfsonian–Florida International University Museum, a Miami Beach-based museum, library and research centre dedicated to exploring the persuasive power of art and design.

For 25 years, Compass Box has redefined Scotch whisky through creativity and transparency, earning acclaim for its innovative blends and collaborations that invite drinkers on a journey from label to liquid.

Building on this legacy, Angela D’Orazio — named a World Whiskies Awards ‘Whisky Legend’ and inducted into the Whisky Hall of Fame in 2019 — took the whiskymaking lead at Compass Box earlier this year. Drawing on her Swedish heritage, her tenure at Mackmyra Distillery and her passion for Scotch whisky, she created Confluence, which features component whiskies from Mackmyra, Macallan, Glen Moray, Miltonduff and Teaninich distilleries.

Commenting on the auction’s success, Rachael Vaughan Jones, Chief Marketing Officer at Compass Box, said: “This remarkable achievement reflects the appetite for whisky that truly stands out, combining exceptional whiskymaking skill with imagination and creativity — the foundations on which Compass Box is built. We are always seeking to make the world of whisky more interesting, and nothing embodies that more than Confluence, created by our new Creative Director of Whiskymaking, alongside our archive of distinctive whiskies crafted over the past 25 years.”

Coinciding with the auction, a month-long retrospective exhibition, Imaginarium: The Fantastical World of Compass Box and Stranger & Stranger, opened on December 3rd at The Wolfsonian–Florida International University Museum. The exhibition showcases Compass Box’s 25-year journey of creativity and design through an immersive display of its most iconic whiskies and runs until January 4th 2026. It will then tour internationally, with planned stops in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.