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The Johnnie Walker Blue Label tasting set would be a nice addition to any Scotch
collector's collection. The 50ml of Scotch was bottled at 40% and the bottle states "Not for
Retail Sale." £125.45 bought it.

Old Rhosdhu Pure Highland Malt is a
nice looking 5cl bottle. At £2.99 you
could drink this one. The Glenlivet is
another 5cl single malt bottle, this time
18 year old. £47.98 seemed to be a
good price (for the seller). The next two
Scotch bottles were made in the early
part of last century. Gilmour Thomson's
contains malt from the Glencaddam
distillery. £46.01 bought it. The White
Label name from John Dewar & Co. is
very well known. This bottle is a
particularly old version and deserved
the sale price of £63.

To the right we have a nice old Gordon's gin
with a clip top. Gins, even old ones, do not
command high prices, so £7.05 was OK. The
next bottle was described as a very rare
Maison Marnay Australian Hospital Brandy.
This is a product of Penfolds Wines, a very
well known Australian company. Rare or not it
went for a minimum bid of £4.99. Finally on
the right we have a Remy Martin VSOP
Cognac. This was made especially for Air
New Zealand. There are 5 different versions
of this bottle (4 VSOP & 1 without the quality

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