Rare $1.2 Million Bottle of Macallan to Lead Bonhams Auction
- 60-year-old scotch with Valerio Adami label may set record
- Only 12 bottles of limited edition whisky were ever released
60-year-old Macallan
Photographer: Nic Hutchings via Bonhams
A bottle of rare 60-year-old Macallan could fetch a record price at a Bonhams Edinburgh auction on Wednesday as buyers show an unslakable thirst for limited-edition scotch whiskies.
One of just 12 bottles released in 1986, it carries a pre-auction estimate of 900,000 pounds ($1.17 million), which exceeds the current record of $1.1 million set by a bottle of the same 1926 vintage in May at Bonhams Hong Kong. The limited edition’s label was designed by Italian artist Valerio Adami.