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The fact that the B&L has been opened clearly affected the value as this only sold for £7.
This is a US import bottle, as is the next one. Black & White Extra Light is the top performer
of this group at £70 – an unusual amount for a blend. Golden Eagle is another English
bottled Scotch which sold for only £6. The Campbell King's Gold Seal 8 Year was bottled in
the 1940s. This American import bottle sold for £25.

The above are in price order. The clear star of the show is the Talisker 5cl/70 Proof Pure
Highland Malt which was bottled by Robert Watson. This sold for an incredible £725.
Dewar's Victoria Vat 12 Year Old was bottled in the 1930s and is a US import. It was
another blend that fetched an unusually high price for a blend, £55. Duncan Special is
probably a 1960s bottle. £30 bought it. The Ushers Old Vatted Glenlivet Whisky sold for
£16, whilst the final bottle of this group, John Crabbie, a 12 year old US import sold for a
mere £6.

The first two bottles in this group were the best
performing. The Glenrothes 1979 10cl Duty
Paid Sample from Cask 13470 sold for a
staggering £875. The Laphroaig 1950s Old
Scotch Whisky was not far behind at £750.
Islay Mist is another 1950s bottle. This is a
Laphroaig single malt which accounts for the
sale price of £220.

I am finishing more or less
where we started the
Scotches as Drinks by the
Dram and Master of Malt
are the same company
(owned by AB Inbev). This
Caol Ila 3cl mini sold for £14 – about where I would have expected.

If you do find any interesting sales please send me details and photos
for miNiZ122.

David Smith

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