Pappy Van Winkle 20yo

yum, yum, yum

 

Wow, and a hell of a deal!! Too bad I don't drink.

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the listed prices of these bottles and the "actually trades hands for" prices are very far apart, i'd buy the bottle from OP but only in a FTF transaction, and not for 1500

i have about 15 bottles of pappy in my collection, i buy them often, if you run out of patience waiting for someone at that price point, PM me a real price and your location in FL

 

At those prices, do people actually open up a bottle and drink it for special occasions?

Or, is it just a collector's commodity, to be traded as a limited-edition product? Something, that when actually "using it" devalues it...kind of like a Ferrari?

 

most collect them, speculation on future values i suppose, i drank a bottle of my 20year last year (i paid $140 for that bottle), but i have many more on shelf

there's also a market for the empty bottles, crooked bars/restaurants will use empty bottle and refill with some weller reserve or other similar pallet whisky and sell for 50/shot or something crazy

sad but true

 

ah, we're believing the "sale prices" on the auction sites to mysterious buyers in the far east

the reality is they trade hands for a few hundred over retail in most cases, if you want- price your bottle at the bottom end of the market and list it up for sale, see how long it sits

i've had a few listed like this and realize the only winner is the auction sites who get the listing fees, there aren't buyers at those price points

 

This year the retail prices have gone up dramatically. A bottle of 23yo that was $200 last year is $350+ at the store. Sigh.

 

I brought my 23 year to a 4th of July party. 20 year had over dinner.

 

Don't like it, don't buy it.

Just my 2 cents.

 

Pappy 20 is delicious, I prefer mine on the rocks with diet coke.

 

You aren't kidding.

That's one sick joke or the availability of blending whisky is completely foreign.

I think I will be sick.

 

I remember the when I could have bought this at 150 per bottle when I owned a liquor store about 10 years ago.... damn if I only knew that it would have been a collectors item.

 

But of course!

 

FWIW, I never put stock in auction prices for anything other than one of a kind (or similar) items. If a 275 NART Spyder sells for $25million, then that sets a bar. If some lunatic gets auction fever and pays $200k for a 1983 308QV...different story.

Pick any F car and compare dealer ask prices with what Fchat readers know they actually sell for. I'd imagine it's the same thing here.