One of the world’s most sought-after whiskies is predicted to become the most expensive bottle ever sold when it is auctioned next month.
The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old is one of only 14 of its kind in existence and is expected to beat the current world record hammer price of £1.2 million, which is held by the same bottling.
The rare bottle leads the sale of the second half of one the world’s largest private whisky collection to go under the hammer.
Amassed over decades by former PepsiCo bottling magnate Richard Gooding, the first part of the collection – more than 1,900 bottles – made more than £3.2 million when it was auctioned online last year.
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One of the world s rarest single malt whiskies is predicted to become the most expensive bottle ever sold when it is auctioned next month.
The Macallan 1926 Fine and Rare 60 Year Old is one of only 14 of its kind.
It is expected to beat the current world record hammer price of £1.2m, which is held by a Macallan from the same original bottling batch.
The bottle leads the sale of the second half of one the world s largest private whisky collections to go to auction.
The Perfect Collection was amassed over decades by former US bottling magnate Richard Gooding, who died in 2014.
As the global hospitality industry continues to suffer to one degree or another due to impacts from the ongoing pandemic, attempts continue to be made on regional levels to help out. One such new undertaking is currently happening in Scotland, where The BEN, Scotland’s hospitality and licensed trade charity, has partnered with Whisky Auctioneer for a special online whisky auction to raise funds.
This charity auction, which began December 23rd and runs through January 11th, has, according to those behind, a curated list of rare and exclusive whiskies that are being auctioned off “to raise funds for the people of the drinks industry in Scotland who have fallen on hard times due to Covid-19.” Over 25 such bottlings have been contributed by Scotland’s whisky ambassadors, and 100% of the proceeds from each charity lot (identified with The BEN logo during the auction) will go to the charity to help meet an overwhelming number of requests for financial aid.