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Above we have Super
Nikka Whisky with a
Sendai Distillery label
£1900. Whyte &
Mackay 40 Year Old
Blend £100 – a high
price for a blend. Wild
Turkey 8 Year Old 101
Proof Flying Wild Turkey
No1 Decanter 1983.
This fetched a totally
nuts £190 (that’s about
NZ$370) especially
considering that I was
buying perfect Ski
Country ceramics at the
St. Louis show for US$3-
15 each.

The three bottles above are some of the stars of the auction. All are Suntory 18 year old from their Yamazaki
Distillery but, as they say, the devil is in the detail. The first sold for £1650, the second, a sample bottle, for
£2600 and the third for £2300.

There is no doubt that this auction was spectacular for Japanese whiskies.

David Smith

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