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The two Spey Royal went for
                                                                              a mere £2 the pair, as did
                                                                              The observer Corps pair, as
                                                                              did the Bell’s Islander pair.
                                                                              The three Findlaters sold for
                                                                              £2 the three, as did the three
                                                                              King James. We appear to
            be getting into a pattern here and, indeed, the two King William also sold for £2. So what
            about the 11 Eaglesome 12 year old vatted malts? You guessed it, £2! I bet the seller was
            really pissed off! Blends have not been selling well generally at the on-line auctions but I
            was astounded at the sale price of the Eaglesome malts.

                                                                                     We go from one end
                                                                                     of the spectrum to the
                                                                                     other. The set on the
                                                                                     left is the Diageo
                                                                                     Limited Release 2017.
                                                                                     Note that these are all
                                                                                     single malts with the
                                                                                     exception of
                                                                                     Collectivum XXVIII
                                                                                     which is a vatted malt
                                                                                     from all Diageo’s
                                                                                     Scotch distilleries.
                                                                                     There have also been
                                                                                     sets like this in 2015 &
                                                                                     2016. The set sold for
                                                                                     £370











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