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2984TBoston
February 23, 2017 12:00 PM - March 2, 2017 02:00 PMCalender
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Old Crow Rye, 1 1-pint 8.5oz bottle

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$1,968$1,600
Auction: Fine Wines - 2984TLocation: BostonDate / Time: February 23, 2017 12:00PM

Description:

Old Crow Rye
Kentucky
W.A. Gaines & Co., Distillers, Frankfort, Kentucky, H.B Kirk & Co., Sole Bottlers, New York, U.S.A., c. 1909, u: low shoulder, minor nicks to front label, some wear and damage to product label seal, driven cork, bottle embossed with the H.B. Kirk & Co. tri-headed logo and "BOTTLE REMAINS PROPERTY OF H.B. KIRK & CO. N.Y.," minor nicks to back label which states: "Office of W.A. Gaines & Co., Frankfort, KY, July 1st, 1909. To Mess. H.B. Kirk & Co., New York City, N.Y. We hereby certify that you have purchased the entire output of RYE Whiskey from our OLD CROW DISTILLERY in Woodford County, Kentucky, since 1872, and that no other house in the United States is authorized or permitted to bottle or distribute in any form whatsoever any of the RYE Whiskey from that distillery. In order to guard our trade-mark and to protect you against the fraudulent imitations of the bottling of OLD CROW RYE, we issue this ceritficate over our signature, bearing the facsimile autograph of an officer of this Company; all imitations of this bottle, its labels or said signature will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. W.A. Gaines & Co., W.J. Gorman, Assistant Secretary," 45%
1 1-pint 8.5oz bottle
Estimate $600-800


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Keywords

Gaines & Co., H.B Kirk & Co., Kirk & Co., W.J. Gorman, Frankfort, United States, New York City