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After selling for $1.5 million, two exceptionally rare bottles of Macallan 1926 single malt whisky have shattered the world record for the most expensive pair of whiskies ever sold.

Le Clos, a luxury spirits retailer in Dubai’s international airport, recently sold the record-breaking bottles to a private collector. “An international businessman” purchased both at US$600,000 (CDN$772,953) a piece.

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According to Scotch Whisky magazine, the 1926 single malt Scotch whisky was distilled in Craigellachie, Moray, and aged for 60 years in sherry-seasoned oak casks before being bottled in 1986.

Photo by The Macallan

The Macallan commissioned two influential artists to design the labels for the spirit, The Drinks Business reports: English pop artist Sir Peter Blake, known for co-creating the album art for The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Italian painter Valerio Adami.

Of the 40 bottles produced, Blake and Adami received a dozen each. The distillery proferred the remainder to preferred clients at the time, according to Scotch Whisky magazine, and the bottles are now coveted by collectors the world over.

“These represent some of the most exclusive bottles ever produced, making this an iconic sale that will be remembered worldwide for years to come,” Geoff Kirk, The Macallan’s director of prestige, reportedly said.

“It is incredibly rare for The Macallan 1926 to be made available for purchase, and the sale offers whisky connoisseurs the chance to secure historic bottles emblematic of 20th-century pop culture.”