A bottle of malt whisky has gone under
the hammer in Hong Kong for the record-breaking sum of USD 628,205, an
auction house says. The Macallan 'M' Decanter 6-litre Imperiale
attracted global interest at a Sotheby's auction, the firm said in a
statement which identified the buyer only as an Asian private collector.
The former British colony has become a hub for auctions of
collectibles and rare items ranging from diamonds to stamps, thanks to
growing wealth in China and other parts of Asia. An Asian buyer
purchased a rare Leica camera, one of only four of its kind in the
world, for USD 620,000 at a Hong Kong auction in November. Sotheby's
said the bottle sold on Saturday broke the record for any single malt
whisky bottle sold at auction, surpassing the USD 460,000 paid in New
York in 2010.
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