The record-breaking bottle was one of 12 numbered and signed by Italian artist Valerio Adami who designed the label. The earlier bottle sold was also one of 12 of a limited edition label designed by Peter Blake, the British pop artist best known for co-creating the cover for the Beatles Album "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band."
The previous auction record of HK$4.9 million was set in 2014 in Hong Kong for a six-liter bottle of 60-year-old Macallan in a Lalique decanter. That’s eight times larger than the standard-sized bottle sold Friday.
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