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(WJW) — An average bottle of bourbon may set you back about $30, but for one rare, highly sought-after bottle that recently sold at auction, you would have needed more than 3,500 times that much.

A bottle of Very Very Old Fitzgerald 18 Year Old "Blackhawk" 121.0 Proof 1950 bourbon — barreled in 1950 but bottled in 1969 by the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky — hit the auction block Wednesday as part of a Sotheby's sale showcasing some of the "world’s most distinguished and highly prized spirits."

The final price on the bourbon was $106,250, far more than the $50,000 to $80,000 they expected.

According to the auction listing, the rare bourbon is, reportedly, 100% pure Stitzel-Weller bourbon and bottled a

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