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There was a good selection of bottles being auctioned from a large box of miscellaneous
bottles to rare single malts and some great ceramics. I bought the Manchester United set
of 13 bottles, or I thought I had. I

discovered later that I was missing
Matt Busby (the manager) and had
one duplicate bottle. I did however
buy them very cheaply, US$102. I
was stood next to the seller when
they were auctioned and he was clearly pissed-off at the low price.

It may not look it from my
photos but this show was
well attended. The photo
below shows dealer Harry
Goetz setting up. Harry
came to the show from San
Francisco via Florida, where
he bought part of long time
club member, Adrian Carr’s
collection. The cover bottles
are all ex-Adrian and are all
sample bottles. On the left is
one of two Raintree clown

bottles (which I bought), in
the middle is a warrior
from Hawiian Distillers
and on the right is a Ski
Country sample of a Drum
Major (which I also
bought). Probably the
reason the latter was
never made is that it
bears a VERY close
resemblance to the
Dewar’s Drum Major.

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