1967 Macallan 25

[whumba]

I am hoping that someone can help me find the value of this bottle, Due to a death in my familly I have two of these.

This was distilled in 1967 and bottled in 1993 and looks to me to be in perfect condition. I am told these are valuable and collectible and we would like to sell them to raise funds to pay-off debts left behind.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

[Jojo]

We will see if we can get some information for you. You also may want to contact www.bonhams.com (they have several US offices). This company offers valuations and will put your bottles on auction if this is the route you want to go.

We are sorry to hear of your loss.

[whumba]

Originally Posted by Jojo

We will see if we can get some information for you. You also may want to contact www.bonhams.com (they have several US offices). This company offers valuations and will put your bottles on auction if this is the route you want to go.

We are sorry to hear of your loss.

Jojo, thank you for you condolences as a last resort I will contact Bonham's as I would like to try a direct sale verse loosing a percentage to the auction company. Has anyone had success with ebay or know of good places to try to sell them?

[Dale]

And there in lies the auction conundrum. Where one may be willing to take a price, say $500, from an individual buyer, they're also unwilling to risk it selling for a lower reserve price at auction even when there's a chance it may sell for much, much more than the price they're willing to accept from the individual buyer - even after the auction surcharge.

I used to work in wine auctions so I know the game intimately.

However, here's something most sellers don't know/consider: if they have a pristine collection and pit the auction houses against one another, consignment fees are frequently waived.

Hence my point, if you have some patience, a great collection and really understand the game, the auction market can be really great for your returns - even considering possible fees.

[505Gibbs]

Ebay would be another viable place to sell. These original 25yr bottlings don't show up as frequently as they did only a few years ago and the prices have consequently risen.
Something north of $600 would not be unexpected!

[wchurst]

Really ?!?

Guess you watch the news much....20/20 ran a report on the 21st, on how they got a 13yr old to buy booze on eBay and have it shipped to his house.

eBay has since booted all "collectable" bottles off, unless they are empty.

eBay has never been a great place for selling a good bottle....

Cheers,
Walter C Hurst

[505Gibbs]

Originally Posted by wchurst

Really ?!?

Guess you watch the news much....20/20 ran a report on the 21st, on how they got a 13yr old to buy booze on eBay and have it shipped to his house.

eBay has since booted all "collectable" bottles off, unless they are empty.

eBay has never been a great place for selling a good bottle....

Cheers,
Walter C Hurst

This is really NEW news - policy was 'temporarily' change the 21st of this month.
Its a money maker for Ebay so I'd expect a revision as they noted in the very near future allowing the sales to go forard.
Well see how it play out.

Update :
I found the background for the story online and while true I think Ebay has some homework to do as well in that I think you have to be atleast 18 to have an account and I believe the person in question was younger than that - so how did that slip thru the crack.
As I said we'll see how they handle it in the future.
This was a nice bit of 'propaganda' for 20/20 since this practice has gone on for years until Ebay was 'in a sense' set up for failure to make a headline!

[agoldf]

Hi
I know a few collectors who might be interested. If you want, email me at akivagoldfarb at yahoo