Vintage port

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Lee h
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Vintage port

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Hi,i have a bottle of vintage port 1966 offley's Boa Vista bottled 1968,it has been kept in a cellar since it was brought 1973,I am thinking of selling,could you tell me what it may be worth,I live in watford.thanks lee
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The retail value of a bottle of Offley 1966 VP in good condition (good level, label, storage) is around £120; any faults (lower level, poor label, seepage) would reduce that. As a private seller, you would probably expect to achieve around half of that (see here for our standard advice to sellers including reasons for this, if you've not seen this already). Depending on the exact condition of your bottle, plus any delivery issues, you might therefore expect to achieve £50-60 for the bottle.
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Also, to attract buyers here you might wish to mention where you are — or, more relevantly, where is the bottle. UK? USA? In either case, roughly where within?
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jdaw1 wrote: 01:48 Sat 04 Feb 2017 Also, to attract buyers here you might wish to mention where you are — or, more relevantly, where is the bottle. UK? USA? In either case, roughly where within?
Lee h wrote: 13:10 Tue 31 Jan 2017...I live in watford.thanks lee
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flash_uk wrote: 08:14 Sat 04 Feb 2017
jdaw1 wrote: 01:48 Sat 04 Feb 2017 Also, to attract buyers here you might wish to mention where you are — or, more relevantly, where is the bottle. UK? USA? In either case, roughly where within?
Lee h wrote: 13:10 Tue 31 Jan 2017...I live in watford.thanks lee
Easy to confuse Watford, Hertfordshire with Watford City, North Dakota.
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AHB wrote: 23:37 Fri 10 Feb 2017Easy to confuse Watford, Hertfordshire with Watford City, North Dakota.
My error, sorry.

No interest from me: I live quite some distance from North Dakota.
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