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I will start with three bottles that I could have put in 'As Seen on Ebay' but I
wanted to highlight them. I have seen black and white pictures of all three but
have never seen any of them on Ebay before, nor, as far as I can recall, have I
seen them in anyone's
collection. I was beginning to
think that they may have only
been samples and never
made in any reasonable
quantity.

The Tiger is from Famous
Firsts and is from a set of 13
(yes I know, a strange
number) animals made in
1981. You can see them all on
Miniature Bottle Library but
only this one is in colour (see
later). US$43.11 bought it
after 9 bids. Even more sort after was
the Hummingbird from Lionstone. This
decanter contains 1/8 pint Whiskey at
86% and was made in 1973. It sold for
US$51 after 15 bids.

Going To The Fire is from Mount Hope.
The full size decanter was made in 1983
so this will date from around that time.
It was listed with a minimum bid of
US$77, failed to sell and was re-listed at
US$44 and amazingly again failed to
sell. Amazing that is until you see that the seller wanted US$68 postage! I
would have paid US$44 but US$68 postage is just crazy.

I feel sure that you will all be
familiar with the Chivas
decanters. The red, blue and
green versions are quite
common and come in a
number of variations, notably
a punted base. A brown
version also exists but this is
reasonably uncommon as it
has only been sold in two or
three countries. It is more
common here as New Zealand
was one of those. A collector