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Sticking with football, but this time the
round ball game, we have the Jules Rimet
World Cup trophy. This is filled with
Kindness Scotch and was made by
McLech. There are two versions of this
bottle, both of which I (David) have. Neither
of them cost me £46. The footballer is from
Sadokewin of China and contains XO
Brandy. This bottle has been put on sale
several times by the same commercial
seller. It normally has a minimum bid of US$65 but this time had a starting bid of US$1, as
did dozens of other bottles from the same seller. I (David) put in a dozen or so 'cheeky' bids
then promptly forgot about them. I should have watched this
one as it sold for US$31.61 and I was the under bidder.
Another Findlater's large decanter is the football on the
right. As you can see this was made for the World Cup in
Italy in 1990. It is filled with 750ml of Scotch at 40%. Both of
us are surprised that it sold so cheaply, only £25.99. Even
more so as this is a 'special.' It was presented to Tranmere
Rovers players in 1992.

To the left we have three
Macallan single malt Scotch
flasks. The first is a 10 year old,
70 proof, which sold for £46.
The second is a 12 year old, 1⅔
fl.oz. at 100 proof. This fetched
£56. Finally we have the
Macallan-Glenlivet. This is a
Gordon & McPhail bottling for
the Italian market. It is 15 year old, 43°, 4cl and sold for £69.99.

We start the next page with three more Macallan bottles, this time round ones. The 5cl,
1978 Scotch was bottled in 1996. £56.77 bought it. That's about NZ$110 - expensive?
Read on. The 12 year old has a Hong Kong importer's label. This bottle contains 1⅔ fl.oz.
at 75°. £215 bought it - no we have not got the decimal point in the wrong place - read on
and weep oh ye Scotch collectors! The final Macallum, which we have little information
about, is clearly not one you can pop down to your local bottle store and buy. And at £495
(about NZ$970) you sure as hell would not want to drink it!

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