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Auction archive: Lot number 247

EH Taylor OFC A Perfect Whiskey, 1 bottleEH Taylor OFC A Perfect Whiskey, 1 bottle

Fine Wines Auction
20 Oct 2015
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,214
Auction archive: Lot number 247

EH Taylor OFC A Perfect Whiskey, 1 bottleEH Taylor OFC A Perfect Whiskey, 1 bottle

Fine Wines Auction
20 Oct 2015
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,214
Beschreibung:

EH Taylor OFC "A Perfect Whiskey" Kentucky u: bottom shoulder, official bottling, 3-part molded glass, c. 1880, wax capsule mostly worn away, small chip in top, damage to cork, bottle reads "Not a purer or better article of Whiskey made in the world," AM Swope, Collector of Internal Revenue, 7th District KY, no volume or ABV stated Note: Hon. Armstead M. Swope (1844-1889) was appointed Internal Revenue Collector of the Seventeenth District of Kentucky in 1877 and held the position until his resignation dated February 25, 1884 and made effective March 31 of that year. Swope was stabbed to death by a political rival, William Casseus Goodloe, on November 8, 1889, shooting his assailant in the process, who later died of his wounds. 1 bottle

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2015
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

EH Taylor OFC "A Perfect Whiskey" Kentucky u: bottom shoulder, official bottling, 3-part molded glass, c. 1880, wax capsule mostly worn away, small chip in top, damage to cork, bottle reads "Not a purer or better article of Whiskey made in the world," AM Swope, Collector of Internal Revenue, 7th District KY, no volume or ABV stated Note: Hon. Armstead M. Swope (1844-1889) was appointed Internal Revenue Collector of the Seventeenth District of Kentucky in 1877 and held the position until his resignation dated February 25, 1884 and made effective March 31 of that year. Swope was stabbed to death by a political rival, William Casseus Goodloe, on November 8, 1889, shooting his assailant in the process, who later died of his wounds. 1 bottle

Auction archive: Lot number 247
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2015
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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