1981 Royal Wedding Madeira

Malte H · Post by **Malte H** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:33 am

I have a bottle of Royal Wedding Madeira from 1981 which I'd like to sell (see picture). It has historical value, apparently fetched above 300 GBP at past auctions and might be appreciated by collectors with an interest in British Royalty especially now in the context of the new royal wedding. I bought it from an Oxford College a few years ago, where it had been sitting in the Fellows' Wine Cellar for decades. Could anybody give me a reasonable estimate on it or a hint where I could sell it?
Many thanks for your expertise
Malte

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:16 am

300 GBP sounds like a lot of money for that. I have a bottle Fonseca Royal Wedding Port that was no where near that at the time I bought it. Perhaps times have changed? If you can get 150 for it, I think you made out well...

Malte H · Post by **Malte H** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:20 am

It wasn't my estimate Moses, I just found this auction record from a few years ago through google:

http://www.dnfa.com/donnington/search.a ... 0of%20lots

it went for 340 GBP then...

Andreas Platt · Post by **Andreas Platt** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:54 am

Doesn't it say 12 bottles?

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:39 pm

Andreas Platt wrote:Doesn't it say 12 bottles?

Yes it does appear to be for a 12 bottle lot. Which would mean it sold for about £28 per bottle or about $46 USD at current exchange rates.

Andreas Platt · Post by **Andreas Platt** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:16 am

Andy Velebil wrote:
Andreas Platt wrote:Doesn't it say 12 bottles?
Yes it does appear to be for a 12 bottle lot. Which would mean it sold for about £28 per bottle or about $46 USD at current exchange rates.

Well, my question was a rhetoric one...

Cheers

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:31 am

Tough crowd!

Malte H · Post by **Malte H** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:33 am

Ha! You're right guys - I shouldn't have drunk the bottle before googling it. Oh wait, no, I'm going to do that now!
Thanks for your responses anyway.

Marco D. · Post by **Marco D.** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 2:13 pm

Malte H wrote:Ha! You're right guys - I shouldn't have drunk the bottle before googling it. Oh wait, no, I'm going to do that now!
Thanks for your responses anyway.

Thanks for posting pics. If you get a chance, come back and let us know how it was after you taste it.

Cheers!

Post by **Roy Hersh** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:38 am

If Port is hard to come by in Germany, then Madeira must be nearly impossible to find there!?!?

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