World's most expensive Whisky - and you won't believe how much it was sold(PHOTOS)

Holy grail' whisky becomes most expensive in world after selling for £850,000(N399,500,000)

 

One of the world's most sought-after whiskies has been auctioned for a record breaking amount.A 60-year-old bottle of The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 was sold for £848,750 pounds on Wednesday.

According to the auctioneer Bonhams, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, the buyer was a private collector from Asia who bid by phone.
The firm also sold one of 12 other bottles with a label by the Italian artist Adami in May this year for £814,091.

Such whiskies are collectors' items because of their rarity and will probably never actually be drunk.
Martin Green, whisky specialist at the auctioneer, said: "It's the Rolls Royce of malts.
"Obviously we don't know what will happen to it, but anyone who can spend around a million pounds for a bottle of whisky could afford to drink it.

Such whiskies are collectors' items because of their rarity and will probably never actually be drunk.
Martin Green, whisky specialist at the auctioneer, said: "It's the Rolls Royce of malts.
"Obviously we don't know what will happen to it, but anyone who can spend around a million pounds for a bottle of whisky could afford to drink it.