Would a bottle of whisky, bought around 1968 but never opened, be worth anything?
Would a bottle of whisky, bought around 1968 but never opened, be worth anything?
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What kind is it?
This mob will do a free valuation for you apparently.
https://www.whisky-onlineauctions.co...RoCjpkQAvD_BwE
Thanks, simmo. I'll get over there shortly.
It's Haig, still in its original box (red with black lettering).
I've also got a half-bottle of White & Mackay, about the same age, also unopened.
Edit - The Haig is a one-litre bottle. I'm sure Mrs O bought it duty-free for her father when she was on a school trip but she must have got somebody to buy it for her as she'd be quite young at the time. Thinking about it again, it's probably more likely to be around 1970-1972.
Last edited by Desert Orchid; 22nd September 2018 at 4:57 PM.
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Mrs O confirms it was bought in 1975 shortly after she turned 18 and was on a school trip to France at the end of sixth year. (I thought she'd bought it on a second-year trip.)
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Last edited by Desert Orchid; 24th September 2018 at 5:48 PM.
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It's a blend from a duty free shop manufactured by a mass producer with unverifiable conditions of storage. Probably not worth much more than current shelf retail price I'd have thought.
If you'd got a reserve malt from a famous name, you might have something with a bit of value
Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly. _ Harry Limes
Then again you might be surprised. I'd give it a shot nothing to lose.
Desert Orchid (24th September 2018)
Desert Orchid (24th September 2018)
Yes, I was aware whisky doesn't improve in the bottle so I wasn't holding any hopes in that respect. I just wondered if there people out there who collect it just as a kind of hobby and don't mind shelling out a bit for a rare-ish item. How many 43-year-old unopened and in the original box bottles are out there.
Simmo's auction link guy is looking into it.
If he comes back and says it's not worth any more than a normal proprietary whisky I'll just work my way through it over the next few weeks. I was going to open it the other night and thought maybe I should check it out first.
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I'll ask my brother for you as he's a wine merchant.
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Desert Orchid (25th September 2018)
Brother having a look but said don't open it yet!!! He said older whiskies are getting rarer and unlike wine don't change in bottle so hang fire and we'll get back to you.
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Last edited by Desert Orchid; 26th September 2018 at 3:17 PM.
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My brother initially thought more like £100. And as he said older whiskies getting rarer so value could go up. I'll get back to you as soon as he does but I think he's doing a wine tasting in London this week.
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No problem, Jj.
I don't plan to open it any time soon. There's other stock to deal with first
Thanks again.
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