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NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Macallan has unveiled The Anecdotes of Ages Collection, a limited-release whisky and art collection with renowned British pop artist, Sir Peter Blake. The Anecdotes of Ages Collection celebrates the legacy and history of Sir Peter Blake and The Macallan.
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At the heart of the esteemed collection are 13 one-of-a-kind bottles of exceptional 1967 whisky, chosen for its classic yet distinctly colorful character representative of the year that Sir Peter Blake s collage style transcended the art world into pop culture. Each individual bottle features its own original Sir Peter Blake collage art on the label, detailing unique stories relating to The Macallan s history, community, and the beautiful natural landscape of The Macallan Estate. One of the original bottles will be auctioned by Sotheby s in support of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum s diversity, equity, access, and inclusion initiatives
CD and cassette sales also saw sizable bumps across the marketplace.
Overall sales of physical music on online music marketplace Discogs saw a 40.12% increase in 2020 over the year prior, the company reported today in its year-end wrap up, with a total of 16.29 million pieces of physical music vinyl records, CDs and cassettes sold. The total number of orders, at 8.85 million, jumped 35.78% over the year prior.
Unsurprisingly, as sales of it the format have been growing across the board for more than a decade, vinyl led the way in terms of popular formats on the marketplace. Just shy of 12 million records 11,961,998 is the exact figure changed hands, a 40.75% bump over the year prior. That number accounts for around 75% of the sales volume on the platform, and is the first time the raw figures passed 10 million (last year’s total was 8.5 million). CDs also saw a sizable jump in sales, up 37.14% to 3.44 million, while cassette sales were up by a third, to 282,798.
The Macallan Reveals The Anecdotes of Ages Collection Inspired by the Legacy of The Macallan Estate
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New York The Macallan has unveiled The Anecdotes of Ages Collection, a limited-release whisky and art collection with renowned British pop artist, Sir Peter Blake. The Anecdotes of Ages Collection celebrates the legacy and history of Sir Peter Blake and The Macallan.
At the heart of the esteemed collection are 13 one-of-a-kind bottles of exceptional 1967 whisky, chosen for its classic yet distinctly colorful character representative of the year that Sir Peter Blake’s collage style transcended the art world into pop culture. Each individual bottle features its own original Sir Peter Blake collage art on the label, detailing unique stories relating to The Macallan’s history, community, and the beautiful natural landscape of The Macallan Estate. One of the original bottles will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in support of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s diversity, e
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