LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A historic Sotheby’s auction netted more than $2.5 million for a bourbon collection that included dozens of rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle.
According to our partners at Louisville Business First, the 360-bottle auction was the first time in its 282-year history that Sotheby’s held a live auction of American whiskey that was owned by one person.
Sotheby’s said in a news release the entire collection, called the “Great American Whiskey Collection,” amassed a record $2.51 million, about twice as much as Sotheby’s estimate of $1.17 million to $1.68 million. A single bottle of 1982 Old Rip Van Winkle called Single Barrel “Sam’s” sold for $162,500…