"Ian Hoare" > wrote in message
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> Salut/Hi Ken Anderson,
>
> le/on Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:32:41 -0500, tu disais/you said:-
>
> >My buddy was doing some cleaning and came across a vintage 1900 bottle of
> >Madeira. Never opened, but the label is in poor shape, and maybe 10% of
the
> >wine has dissipated. In any event, might there be any value to this
bottle?
>
> Nah, worthless. However, as I quite like oddities, I'll gladly pay him a few
> dollars plus postage.
> .
> .
> .
> but.
> .
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> Seriously, this time. Yes Madeira, even if dry, is virtually immortal and a
> 1900 vintage madeirqa should be worth quite a bit. Even if the label is
> damaged and the wine heavily ullaged, it should be worth quite a bit. From
> your use of the word "buddy" I'd imagine that you're in the US. Were you in
> the UK, I'd suggest that your friend contact Christie's wine dept who might
> well have be interested in auctioning it.
>
> --
> All the Best
> Ian Hoare
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>
>
Cool! Yes, I'm in the US.
I just picked up the bottle. There's not as much evaporated, as I thought.
The bottle says "Boal" on it, "Vintage of 1900," and says it was grown and
shipped by "Ferraz and Co."
I'll still get the pics up later.
Thanks again!
Ken