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Pages from Ardbeg Sales & Stock Book from 1881

Pages from Ardbeg Sales & Stock Book from 1881
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Lot number: 068-3579

Winning bid: £200

A fascinating and historically important (to whisky enthusiasts) glimpse into the past.

Pages from Ardbeg's Sales & Stock Book from 1881 contain in meticulous detail - and beautiful penmanship - the ins and outs of whisky from the distillery.

Within the 17 pages are sales to Haig & Company, Robert Brown & Co (now Seagram's), Macfarlane & Co, R E Harvey, Wright & Greig and many others.

The owners then were Alex Macdougall & Co, and there is even an envelope addressed to them.

And read it and weep - the precious Ardbeg liquid was being sold for 4/2d a gallon - the equivalent of 21pence today!

A stunning package.

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