A few weeks ago, we reported on the Whisky & Whiskey auction at Sotheby’s, which featured some exceptionally rare bottles from the Pappy Van Winkle lineup along with some other choice offerings from Buffalo Trace brands and scotch distilleries like the Macallan. A bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon broke an auction record for post-Prohibition American whiskey and sold for an astounding $125,000. Here are the details behind this momentous sale.
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