Beverages/white horse whisky
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hi there paul, i have a bottle of white horse whisky original seal and unopened from 1956 im not sure of the the proof of the whisky or the size of the bottle but the bottle rotation no is 1956/643. The obvious question being if i were to sell this bottle how much do you think i should sell it for? thanks for your help.
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Hi Nicholas
In general, distilled sprits and liqueurs like this don't improve with age in the bottle the way some fine wines do. The alcohol level is so high that they don't really change much at all. The good news is that they are almost always perfectly good to drink, but the bad news is that they almost never appreciate in value. You can usually estimate that they would sell for about what a current bottling is worth--in this case about $30 max.
Some bottles may have more value for the packaging than the liquid inside. You can always check with the folks at antiquebottles.com, as they are very helpful about this kind of thing.
Sorry that I can't give you more exciting news--I'd drink it!
Paul Wagner
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