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The Most Expensive Bottle of Whisky Ever Sold Is Heading Back to the Auction Block

The 60-year-old bottle is estimated at £1.7 million to £2.2 million as more than 40 lots could bring in about £2.3 million, Sotheby’s said.

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The most expensive whisky to ever sell at auction, the Macallan 1926, will be up for auction at the distillery next month

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The investment whisky tests its price ceiling again on October 9. Sotheby’s holds for the first time an auction at The Macallan Estate, in Speyside, and places as a star lot the Fine & Rare 60 Years Old 1926 bottle, with an estimate of up to £2.2 million. I follow the bids for distilled auctions for years and the pattern repeats itself: when provenance is unrepeatable, the price behaves like that of a signed work. The batch fiche explains that p…

On October 9, Sotheby's will hold the first auction in history directly at The Macallan estate in Speyside, Scotland. The main lot will be The Macallan Fine & Rare 60 Years Old 1926 bottle, valued at £1.7-2.2 million, or up to $3 million...

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The Herald Scotland broke the news in Glasgow, United Kingdom on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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