What Port(s) have you purchased this week?

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2017 Niepoort VP
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2000 Sandeman LBV
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1x Kopke Colheita 1976, bottled in 2022
3x Churchill Crusted Port, bottled in 2006
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2x 375ml Graham's 2011 VP
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Maynard's 50 YO Tawny (bottled by Barao de Villar in 2022), currently on the way.
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2019 Niepoort VP @ $44 a pop
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Won at auction for $29 a bottle. I'll be splitting this with John M. and others:

1 x 1985 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1991 Smith Woodhouse VP
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse VP
6 x 1995 Smith Woodhouse Madalena SQVP
2 x 1997 Smith Woodhouse VP
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Mike J. W. wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:24 pm Won at auction for $29 a bottle. I'll be splitting this with John M. and others:

1 x 1985 Smith Woodhouse VP
1 x 1991 Smith Woodhouse VP
2 x 1994 Smith Woodhouse VP
6 x 1995 Smith Woodhouse Madalena SQVP
2 x 1997 Smith Woodhouse VP
Nice haul!
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Picked up an auction lot.
One each,
1963 Martinez, 1963 Cockburns, 1966 Noval, 1970 Taylors, 1977 Taylors, and 1994 Noval Nacional.
I got it for the Nacional.
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Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:48 pm Picked up an auction lot.
One each,
1963 Martinez, 1963 Cockburns, 1966 Noval, 1970 Taylors, 1977 Taylors, and 1994 Noval Nacional.
I got it for the Nacional.
Really nice win, Eric. There isn't a bad item in the lot. What auction house was this?
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Christies on line from a few months ago. No one had bid and I threw out a low ball bid and got the whole thing for less than the value of the Nacional.
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Eric Ifune wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 8:22 am Christies on line from a few months ago. No one had bid and I threw out a low ball bid and got the whole thing for less than the value of the Nacional.
Wow. You've got to love an auction win like that. Congrats!
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Dow 10 tawny for $25 bottled in '21 at local liquor store.
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1995 Fonseca Guimareans.
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2 x Dow 2000
7 x Sandeman 1970
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Randy Katz wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:01 pm 2 x Dow 2000
7 x Sandeman 1970
Nice. I like the 70 Sandeman, in a good place last I had it.
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Niepoort Colheita 1957
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1x 1927 Dow's :D
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Gerwin de Graaf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:24 am 1x 1927 Dow's :D
Very nice!
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