Single malt whisky bottle fetches record ?46k at auction

London, Dec 15 (ANI): A rare bottle of 55-year-old single malt has set a new world record after selling for 46,000 pounds, auctioneers have announced.

According to auctioneers Bonhams, the bottle of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve fetched 46,850 pounds at the auction in Edinburgh, topping the previous record of just under 30,000 pounds for a bottle of single malt whisky.

It is the first of 11 bottles of the 1955 tipple to be released to the public to honour Janet Sheed Roberts, the granddaughter of William Grant who founded the Glenfiddich distillery.

Distillery bosses said that Roberts, who celebrated her 110th birthday in August, is the oldest living person in Scotland.

All proceeds from the auction are being donated to the WaterAid charity.

"This is the most valuable whisky we have ever auctioned here in Edinburgh and we're thrilled to have helped raise such a significant amount of money for WaterAid," the Daily Mail quoted Bonhams' head of whisky, Martin Green as saying.

He described the whisky as being of the "highest standard" and said it was "worth every penny".

"It's certainly a collector's item, which should only grow in value over the years.

"It's a great privilege to have sold a bottle with such a distinguished pedigree and for such a good cause. We are all delighted," he added. (ANI)