Bidding advice
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Placing a Maximum Bid
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Placing a Single Bid
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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
Ambassador 20 Year Old Scapa Blend 1950s
A blended Scotch whisky we estimate to be from the 1950s.
Scapa distillery went into voluntary liquidation in 1934 and did not resume production until 1936 when the distillery was acquired by Bloch Brothers Ltd (John & Sir Maurice), The brothers used Scapa in their blend of Ambassador Scotch whisky. They sold Scapa in 1954 to Hiram Walker who licensed Scapa to its subsidiary company Taylor & Ferguson Ltd.
This saw the Ambassador brand produced with Scapa Malt, from Taylor and Ferguson Ltd.
Please note the condition of the labels.
Ambassador
The flagship blended Scotch brand of Taylor & Ferguson Ltd, primarily sold in the Us market in the mid-20th century. Examples of the brand are also with the name of parent company, Bloch Bros, and it was available in a variety of markets and age statement varieties until the 1980s.
Taylor & Ferguson
A former Scottish blending company that is best-known for producing the Ambassador blended Scotch brand. It was founded in 1820, being acquired by Bloch Brothers in the 1940s and in turn, by Hiram Walker & Sons in 1954. The company held the license for Scapa distillery for many years.
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