Bidding advice
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Placing a Maximum Bid
Use the "Set your bid limit" button on the left side of the bidding panel to enter the highest amount you're willing to bid on a lot. Our system will then automatically raise your bid in set increments if you’re outbid, up to your maximum. If someone bids above your set limit, we’ll notify you by email so you can choose whether to increase your bid.
Placing a Single Bid
Alternatively, place a single bid by selecting the button on the right side of the bidding panel. The button displays the amount needed for the next increment. For example, if the current highest bid is £50.00, the button will show "+ £55.00" (reflecting a £5.00 increment).
Incremental Bidding Explained
Our system increases bids based on preset increments, as shown in the table below, whether you set a maximum bid or make a single bid.
Bottle Details
Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Old Very Special
Currently distilled by Heaven Hill, this brand was once under the ownership of the legendary Pappy Van Winkle, who bought it for the princely sum of $10,000 from Old Judge distillery at the close of prohibition in 1933.
The historic home of the brand became Van Winkle's Stitzel-Weller distillery. When his son was forced to sell it in 1972, it eventually passed into the hands of DCL in 1984, who's subsequent iteration, United Distillers initially invested heavily in bourbon. So much so in fact that their newly refurbished Bernheim distillery had such production capacity that Stitzel-Weller was shut down in 1992. Production of Old Fitzgerald from then-on was moved to the new Bernheim distillery. When United Distillers became Diageo in 1997, the new parent company opted to divest in bourbon, selling both Bernheim and the Old Fitzgerald brand to Heaven Hill in 1999.
This 12 year old Very Special release was first produced as part of United Distillers' Bourbon Heritage Collection in 1996, and continues to be bottled by Heaven Hill to this day.
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Frequently asked questions
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