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Lean pickings (for me)

Rosie and myself have recently returned from a trip to the UK. If I had been a Scotch
collector I could have got hundreds, if not thousands of different straight Scotches in
Scotland. As it was I found almost nothing to interest me in England and very little to
interest me in Scotland. The few Scottish minis I did find were VERY expensive.

There were a number of Pointers hexagonal and square flasks for sale but, other than at
Gretna Green, they were all £35 (about NZ$85) each. A few were on sale at Gretna for
£24 (NZ$60) but I passed on these also. I did however photograph a few for Miniature
Bottle Library, so I can share these with you.

Above and below we have the first five in a new series of sporting flasks. Note that the
older flasks were hexagonal but these are square. The above are all for Celtic FC;
European Cup Winners 1967, Henrick Larsson & Tommy Burns. Below we have a
Rangers player, Ally McCoist and Tiger Woods, who I am sure, needs no introduction.
There is also a large Mohammad Ali flask – does anyone know if this has been made in
miniature? There were a few hexagonal flasks that I had not seen before but I am not
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sure whether these were new or not. One that definitely is new is the 200 anniversary of
the battle of Trafalgar.

In Edinburgh I picked up one macromini that I had not seen before, Bladnoch. I bought
two Royal Salute 21 year old at the distillery but unfortunately they did not have the third
colour.