Whisky fans snap up rare Ross-shire bottles for more than £250,000 apiece in digital auction at Sotheby's, London; the two bottles of 62-year-old Alness-based Dalmore each sold for £266,200
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IT may be the water of life, but whisky can kill your bank balance – at least it can if you happen to snap up exceptionally rare Ross-shire bottles for more than £250,000 apiece.
Two bottles of 62-year-old Dalmore have utterly shattered their estimated sale price at auction in London today.
One bottle – dubbed the Mackenzie – and another called The Cromarty each fetched £266,200 when they went under he hammer in a digital auction at Sotheby's today. The sum more than doubled their pre-auction estimates of between £75,000 and £100,000 apiece.
And the pricey tipple from the Alness-based distillery wasn't the only Highland whisky to go under the hammer today.
A 50-year-old bottle of Macallan set one happy punter back a cool £84,700, while a 40-year-old Brora bottle netted £26,620. Several others went for four-figure sums.
