For The Love Of Port

Here are a few more pictures. I tried to silhouette the neck and shoulders against the sky to show the fill level but failed :( The bottle is filled to the neck, the shoulders are full. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1374153/Badshotoffilllevel1.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1374153/Pr...

Moses Botbol wrote:Did you find the bottle laying on its side or upright?

It's been on its side for at least the last ten years, I can't vouch for how it was stored before that. It may have been among a bunch of upright liquor bottles for a decade before that.

Found this:
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21564/lot/564/

And this:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_ ... ID=1559001
http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_ ... ID=1559001

Louisiana, USA.

For any interested parties: if this bottle is of interest and we're talking about enough money to make it worth my folks' while to sell it rather than open it and try it, I will take pictures showing the bottle's level and the condition of the wax seal, with proof of date.

Hi all! Complete port newbie here. I'm curious about a bottle my parents have. Cork intact, bottle is full. They only remember that it was a gift. Here's the label text: Front: "Product of Portugal. Old Bual Solera of the Vintage 1900 Madeira. Only 500 bottles in existence This is bottle No. A-...