The Dhaka Times Desk Citizens of a poor country would be surprised to hear such words. Because one rupee is not two rupees, a bottle of whiskey is worth 9.5 million rupees!
We are not very familiar with whiskey. But we all know what whiskey is. Especially those who have a lot of money tend to consume whiskey. However, if the price of a bottle of whiskey is 9.5 million taka, then one cannot help but be surprised! This bottle of rare whiskey has been sold at auction in Edinburgh, Scotland for a huge price. You will be surprised to know the reason behind this huge price.
A bottle of whiskey is one of the world's best tasting rarities. In May this year, a bottle of whiskey of this same company was sold for about 9 crore 33 lakhs. It also overwhelmed him. This year's bottle was sold for about 9 crore 63 lakh taka!
But the surprising thing is that who bought this bottle was not informed to the media. But Richard Harvey, a whiskey expert said, a person in Asia bought this bottle of whiskey at auction!
According to one information, this whiskey was first made in 1926. It was then kept in casks at the McCallan Distillery. It was bottled in 1986. It is filled with a total of 24 bottles.
12 of them are labeled by pop artist Peter Blake and 12 by Valerio Ademi. That Valerio Ademi is currently 83. Pictures and comic art are his favorite.
A vendor buys the bottles directly from this McCallan distillery. The owner sold them.
However, it is not known how many bottles are left at the moment. One was destroyed in the 2011 tsunami in Japan. Someone even drank a bottle.
According to a report by Genius, Bonhams still has 3 bottles of this whiskey. Bonhams' whiskey specialist said: 'We are delighted to have set a new record.'
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