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hi, my 86 yr old auntie has given me 3 bottles of vintage port to sell and also a bottle of 70% john haig Dimples whisky, we know one of them is worth quite a lot. we need to know how to go about selling them, can anyone advise me, Thanks
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Hello.

Please say more. Please say what the ports are or post a picture of each bottle. And how have they been stored perhaps standing in the kitchen, or lying down in a cupboard under the stairs, or something else?

Also, where are you? (Or more usefully, where are the bottles?)

70% whisky is unusual. Again, a photo would be very welcome.

Thank you.
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NIEPOORT'S, 30 yr old port, aged in wood and bottled 1978
KOPKE Quinta Luiz vintage port 1977
Constantino's vintage port, 1927
Dimples 70% john haig whisky
they have been stored in the bottom of my aunts wardrobe since she's had them, we live in Rochester , Kent.

I will get photos and upload them asap.
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The method of storage is not good news for the value of the Port but will probably not affect the whisky.

For how long has your grandmother had these bottles?

Has the Port been stored standing up or lying down?
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audi4563 wrote:86 yr old auntie
DRT wrote:grandmother
Perhaps easy to confuse at this distance.
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Oops! Sorry.
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FWIW, the constantino 1927 just came on auction blocks last month, I lost my bid at 250,
hammer was 300$ + 23% buyers
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my aunt has had these for 40+ yrs, they were in her cellar lying down until about 20yrs ago where they have been in the bottom of her wardrobe
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not sure if its me just being thick but i cant see how i put photo's on !!! :?
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audi4563 wrote:not sure if its me just being thick but i cant see how i put photo's on !!! :?
it's not you being thick - it is a bit fiddly. you need to have them uploaded somewhere (tumblr, or a page on a website you have access to, or something similar), and then link to them using the url, like so:

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26⅔ fl. oz., so pre-1973ish; and 70° proof = 40%.
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I have been sent a lot of large pictures. PM me if you want to be sent those of a particular bottle.
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The Dimple lablel shows 70 degrees proof which I think is aprox 40% abv.
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Fake alert!
Hello everyone! Please take care if you are interested in buying the Constantino 1927. The seal is from the 1990's and is not a seal for Constantino 1927.
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It may have been released ex-cellars?

I know that AHB has had a Constantino 27 that had a selo...

How do you date the selo so precisely to the 1990s?
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I think that style of selo came into use in the 1970's, which is consistent with the story. As far as I am aware all 1927s would have had no selo when originally released as (a) they would almost all have been bottled outside Gaia and (b) the selo didn't come into use until after the IVP was created in 1931. It is highly likely that a number of bottles were released from the Constantino cellars when the brand was acquired by Ferreira.

I think this bottle is not a fake.
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RAYC wrote:It may have been released ex-cellars?

I know that AHB has had a Constantino 27 that had a selo...

How do you date the selo so precisely to the 1990s?
unless it was released ex cellars, I dont believe it's possible for anything pre 30s? (don't quote me on year i'm fuzzy) to have a selo.

as with the 1990s, I'd be curious to know also!

I've tried with contacting the ivdp in the past, but they really only respond to certain parties
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the constantino port 1927 was given to my uncle in late 40's - early 50's. My uncle worked for Kork n seal on the isle of dogs where the corks were made, he went to portugal to where the cork making trees were, he was given this bottle from the owners private collection, 1927 was the yr my aunt was born
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mpij wrote:The Dimple lablel shows 70 degrees proof which I think is aprox 40% abv.
40% via the British conversion (proof = 7/4 ABV) but 35% using the American conversion (proof = 2 * ABV).

Probably 40% then seeing as it's Scottish.
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audi4563 wrote:the constantino port 1927 was given to my uncle in late 40's - early 50's.
Are you sure about this?

This presents a difficulty in believability - the white paper seal that covers the wax is a style that, as DRT mentions in the post above, didn't come into use until at least the 1970s (and JBvintage thinks comes from the 1990s).

Broadly speaking, the seal is only added when the bottle is being prepared to be shipped / sold from the Port lodge / winery. This means that, while you can have a very old wine with a modern seal, you can't have a very old wine with a modern seal that was given to your uncle in the 40s / 50s (unless he himself added the seal at a later date)!

[edit: i also notice that the bottle has a moulded glass logo on it - i must admit, i've never seen a bottle from the 20s / 30s with this feature, but i'm no expert by any means. Could this be an incorrectly labelled colheita?)]
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RAYC wrote:
audi4563 wrote:the constantino port 1927 was given to my uncle in late 40's - early 50's.
Are you sure about this?

This presents a difficulty in believability - the white paper seal that covers the wax is a style that, as DRT mentions in the post above, didn't come into use until at least the 1970s (and JBvintage thinks comes from the 1990s).

Broadly speaking, the seal is only added when the bottle is being prepared to be shipped / sold from the Port lodge / winery. This means that, while you can have a very old wine with a modern seal, you can't have a very old wine with a modern seal that was given to your uncle in the 40s / 50s (unless he himself added the seal at a later date)!

[edit: i also notice that the bottle has a moulded glass logo on it - i must admit, i've never seen a bottle from the 20s / 30s with this feature, but i'm no expert by any means)]
moulded glass / logo actually came around in the early 1800s I believe so it's entirely possible.

however without looking at the empty contents of the bottle itself, it's kinda hard to pinpoint a date from the photos
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jdaw1 wrote:I have been sent a lot of large pictures. PM me if you want to be sent those of a particular bottle.
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