Help needed don't know what I bought

[serko]

I'm not a whisky drinker at all but my brother is. I was at an auction and saw they had some old whisky's and decided to by them for my brother I knew they were worth something so bought at £20 a bottle. Having got back and looked on the internet it seems they might be worth considerably more.How do i go about valuing/selling them? Here's what I got

The Balvenie founders reserve cognac style bottle (no 10 years mentioned on the wax just a thistle logo) no box
the Glenturret distilled in 1976 bottled in 1986 (boxed)
The Macallan-glenlivet Liquer whisky 15 years old (label damaged no box) (i saw the 12 year old version for sale at £750)
Linkwood over 12 years old distilled in 1971 (boxed)
Longmorn Conniseurs choice 25 year old distilled 1960

[John Barleycorn]

Hi serko

Welcome to the forum. If you could post photos of the bottles it would be helpful.

Cheers John

[serko]

Here are some photos

[serko]

I also got the below Cognac at the same time.

[jmrl]

They're all worth at least £100 each except the Macallan which will be two or more times that, clueless about the cognac though. nice buy.

[John Barleycorn]

They're all worth at least £100 each except the Macallan which will be two or more times that, clueless about the cognac though. nice buy.

That’s what I would estimate them at, may be a wee bit more with the Glenturret at around the £200 mark and the Macallan at between £250 and £300.

To get a better idea you should contact either Martin Green at Bonhams in Edinburgh http://www.bonhams.com/eur/whisky/ or Stephen McGinty at McTear’s in Glasgow http://www.mctears.co.uk/

I must say it’s a bit of a dream find, let me know how you get on, I would be interested in their valuations.

Cheers John

[whiteshirt]

You have PM

[r900p]

Fantastic bottles. If you bought at £20 a bottle and the urge is to sell consider Scotch Malt Whisky Auction, or if based in Europe WhiskyAuction.com who do free postage for sellers.

Values if your on Facebook drop me a pm and I'll drop you a note which pages to look up. Never know if people on here approve on fb.

R

[jmrl]

I second contacting Martin Green at Bonhams for valuations- has anyone more experience? but if selling at auction be aware of the 'hammer' 20% + vat on top of the bid for the buyer followed by 15/20% off bid to seller, ouch- but with the web the potential number of bidders is very significant.

[toshie]

http://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com 10% of the hammer price to buyer and seller.

[serko]

ok I've now decided to sell which of the auction houses is the best? or what are the pro's/con's of each?