Julie Wolfson

How much would you pay for a bottle of whisky? $100? $1,000? How about $460,000? Too rich for your blood? Well, one bottle of Macallan whisky brought in exactly that — and then some — making it the Guinness World Record holder for Most Expensive Whisky ever sold at auction.

The bottle, which contained the oldest scotch in Macallan history — a 64-year-old single malt whisky — was housed in a Lalique crystal decanter. It was sold at auction in 2010 at Sotheby's, but it wasn't until this week that the scotch was given the accolade.

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If you're wondering what would make anyone purchase an old bottle of whisky for nearly a half a million, there is a catch. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised went to "charity: water," a non-profit organization that provides access to safe drinking water for those in developing nations. The beneficial aspect of the auction by Macallan motivated a few more donors to be generous with their cash. When everything was said and done, the bottle actually raised an additional $140,000, bringing the grand total to $600,000.

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If you won the lottery, would you buy a bottle of whisky for $460,000? What would you do with it? Save it for a special occasion or dive right in?

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