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Green two years ago at £5.99 each so these were a good buy. The two Hedges & Butler
Royal blend minis sold for £20, a good price for two blends. However, if you think that £10
was a good price for a blend, check out the first bottle below. The Buchanans 12 year old
liqueur blend dates from 1938 and fetched an incredible £360 – even with two bits of label
torn off! The Convalmore 16 year old single malt was bottled by Master of Malt. It too sold
for £360. The 26 year old Macallan is an owner bottling. This sold for a respectable £130.
The final Scotch this time is another owner bottling, the Dalmore 8yo Highland malt. I was
surprised to see it sell for £410.

It’s about time we had something other than Scotch.

Rums seem to be going through a mini (no pun intended) revival at present. Rums that
would have not sold at all or for a minimum bid now are selling a bit better generally.
Cabana sold for £7, Lambs and Lime Grove for £9 each and Pop-Eye for £12. On the next
page the Fine Old Jamaica also sold for £12 with the Lambs being another £9 bottle. The
Yates’s Rum & Brandy sold poorly at £2, as did the old lead cap Lindisfarne, also £2.

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