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All of the bottles I have to show you this time are from the October All Miniatures Auction by
Whisky Auction UK. This was a spectacularly good auction in both the quality of the minis
on offer and the prices fetched. I have so many bottles to show you but neither the time nor
space to do them justice in one article. In miNiZ 125 & 126 I have shown you a mixture of
non-whisky bottles and English bottles, including English bottled Scotch. I am going to show
you auction results for Japanese and other non-Scotch whiskies here. In miNiZ128 I will
show Scotch from the October auction and also from the auction that is taking place as I
write this.

Let’s start with Japan. Japan makes minis that sell
for some very high prices as you will see. We will
start at the top.

Hibiki 21 Year Old 50ml sold for £625 – rather
expensive for two nips! By contrast the Suntory
Royal 12 Year Old 50ml was a snip at £210

Kirin Seagram BAR Premium Whisky 50ml sold for
£115. The next is difficult to read but says Suntory
Pure Malt 8 Year Old 10cl. This sold for £110. Old
Torys Whisky Anejo was bottled in Mexico in the
1960’s. It is probably 50ml and sold for £200 – a staggering figure for a foreign bottled
Japanese whisky, especially one in less than average condition. Finally on this page we
have the Suntory VSOP Brandy Royal Violin Bottle. This is 70ml and fetched £45.

Across the top of the next page we have Nikka Grand 50ml bottled in the1970’s.

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