Malt whisky sells for record-breaking USD 628,000

A bottle of malt whisky has gone under the hammer in Hong Kong for the record-breaking sum of USD 628,205, an auction house says.
The Macallan 'M' Decanter 6-litre Imperiale attracted global interest at a Sotheby's auction, the firm said in a statement which identified the buyer only as an Asian private collector.
The former British colony has become a hub for auctions of collectibles and rare items ranging from diamonds to stamps, thanks to growing wealth in China and other parts of Asia.
An Asian buyer purchased a rare Leica camera, one of only four of its kind in the world, for USD 620,000 at a Hong Kong auction in November.

Sotheby's said the bottle sold on Saturday broke the record for any single malt whisky bottle sold at auction, surpassing the USD 460,000 paid in New York in 2010.