Peter Blake, the artist who designed the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album—that wonderful and wacky collage of very cool people, both alive and dead—also lent his art to a bottle of Macallan in 1986. Now, that bottle is going up for auction in Hong Kong on May 18; it's expected to go for as much as $460,000 to $587,000.

With it is a second bottle of 1986 Macallan, also up for auction, also expected to bring in around half a million. Its label was designed by another iconic Pop Art artist, Valerio Adami, whose use of bold colors and black outlines might remind you of comic art.

The story behind what's inside the bottle is remarkable, too. The whisky inside these editions was distilled in 1926 and bottled in '86. Only 12 bottles of each label were made, and they were gifted to Macallan's most valuable customers. The custom-made wooden cases are designed to mimic a distillery spirit safe.

The last time any of those bottles hit auction was in the late '80s, scotchwhisky.com reports. Now, the two bottles of the 60 Year Old 1926 Macallan are expected to shatter records.

“Only 24 of these bottles were produced, and the sale is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for collectors to acquire the holy grail of Macallan," said auction house Bonhams head of fine wine and whisky in Hong Kong, Daniel Lam.



As for the taste, you'll just have to put in a bid and find out for yourself.

Sarah Rense Sarah Rense is the Associate Lifestyle Editor at Esquire, where she covers tech, food, drink, home, and more.

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