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Macallan bottle had been expected to raise between £750,000 and £1.2 million at Sotheby’s auction in London

A rare bottle of The Macallan whisky bottled in 1986 was sold at auction in London yesterday afternoon making it the most expensive.

Joe Tilson, who has died aged 95, was regarded as one of the leading pioneers of pop art in Britain in the 1960s. Spotted for the Marlborough Gallery in 1961 by John Kasmin, he was the first of a group of young art stars to launch the gallery into the Swinging Sixties with a highly successful first show in 1962.

If you’re known to appreciate the finer tipples in life, a bottle of the world’s “most sought-after Scotch whisky” went under the hammer for more than £2.1 million ($2.7 million) Saturday at Sotheby’s auction house in London.

Record smashed at auction of one of 40 bottles of oldest-ever Macallan vintage, described as ‘rich, rich dram’

“Art makes me do what it wants me to do,” Picasso once said. Over a long career spanning more than 75 years it was a dictum that Joe Tilson often quoted.Whether making paintings, sculptures or

Pathbreaking artist Joe Tilson, who gained renown for his vibrant wooden reliefs and motifs, died at home in London on November 9 at the age of 95.

Printmaker and sculptor who was a leading figure in the British pop art movement

Joe Tilson RA, one of the leading painters of his generation, has died aged 95. He emerged as a distinctive voice of Pop Art

We all have regrets in life, but I have a lingering one related to my service on the city council in the early 1990s.