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shown) plus 2 bottles made for TEAL (Tasman Empire Airlines) the forerunner of Air New
Zealand. This one sold for a respectable US$10.50.

No, these are not minis
but, being a Star Trek
fan from way back, this
set caught my (David)
eye. This is a full set of
8 Star Trek replica
bottles. Not the full size
versions, smaller
versions of the regular
full sized bottles. They
range is size from
190mm (7.5") 117mm
(12 ½") tall.

The set includes (from right to left): Ferengi Snail Juice (Deep Space Nine), Vulcan Port
(Deep Space Nine), Aldebaran Whiskey (Deep Space Nine), Andorian Ale (Enterprise),
Cardassian Kanar (Deep Space Nine), Bajoran Springwine (Deep Space Nine), Risan
Wine (Enterprise) & Triskelion Ale (Deep Space Nine). All the labels are made of water
proof vinyl. The seller states "It took years to put together this collection of small sized
bottles. The standard size bottles are at times very hard to find, these smaller size bottles
are even rarer. After 12 bids the set sold for US$202.50

Next we have two
Italians and a frog.

The Dice stack is from
Buton of Italy and made
in the 1970's. However,
I presume it is
unlabelled as the seller
states "Vintage circa
1915 decanter
decorated with
lithographed gambling
playing cards." This
crock of shit fooled
someone as it sold for the US$75 minimum bid. The frog is from Luxardo, also from Italy of
course. This is one of 600 made in 1973. US$17.28 was not great but not a disaster either.
Mammy is from Robj of France, whose bottles are highly sort after. It is often difficult to tell
when these come up for sale if the bottle is full size or mini as the mini is an exact replica of
the full size bottle. The seller helped us this time with the ruler. She is 4¾", 110mm tall. The
mini version is rarer and subsequently US$625 did not shock us.

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