Vintage Absinthe For Sale at The Virtual Absinthe Museum: Sold Bottles

Vintage Absinthe II - Previously Sold Bottles

For general interest and reference purposes only, here are photos of some interesting
bottles we've sold over the last few months.
These bottles have already been sold, and are no longer available.

I am always a buyer for sealed bottles of vintage absinthe in good condition.
Je suis toujours un acheteur pour de pleines bouteilles de vieille absinthe.

Absinthe Pernod Fils, circa 1910: The "Cannes" Cache

This cache (there were three other bottles not included in the photo) is the largest found in France in the last 5 years.

The damage to the labels is typical of old absinthe bottles (or old wine bottles for that matter) that have lain undisturbed in a
slightly damp cellar bin for many decades. The dampest part of the label starts to disintegrate first - ie the part touching the
bottle stacked immediately above it. The parts on the side get slightly better ventilation, and are not touched by the damp glass
above, and so deteriorate at a slower rate.

Generally this type of label damage is an indicator that the bottles will have good levels, and that the contents will be relatively
fresh and well preserved - because it specifically shows that they were stored on their side, shielded from light, and left
untouched. This is the case with the bottles in this cache, all of which have very good to virtually perfect levels - the rather
grubby finger in the pictures is that of my agent in France pointing out the ullage in the various bottles. The contents will be in
excellent drinking condition.

Pernod Fils was widely regarded as setting the quality benchmark for absinthe - it was the standard against which all others
were judged. It has a wonderfully subtle and complex taste, with both herbal and floral nuances. Although like all old
absinthes the original green colour will have faded to an amber, once one adds water and the absinthe louches, hints of the
original green magically reappear

Absinthe Suisse - Couvet, circa 1910

A wonderful negociant bottlng in absolutely mint
condition, with a perfect label and foil capsule. Excellent
level. The only recorded sealed bottle with this label.

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Extrait d'Absinthe Kubler & Romang
circa 1910

One of the most important sealed bottles
in existence. The only known surviving
pre-ban bottle from one of the great Val de
Travers producers (who recently, a century
later, resumed absinthe distillation).

Absinthe Pernod Fils 68 circa 1910

The damage to the label is typical of old bottles
that have been stored lying on top of each other in
a cellar bin - the label disintegrates in the middle,
where it was touching the bottle above it.

Absinthe Pernod Fils
Absinthe Edouard Pernod

An exceptional Pernod Fils bottle - the wax seal
on top of the cork is, very unusually, still green.

An unusual early Absinthe Edouard Pernod,
bottled for the German market. The tin seal has
the wording on the side: AUGUST ENGEL /
KÖNIGL. HOLIEFERANT / WIESBADEN, and on
the top AUGUST ENGEL / WIESBADEN,
together with a royal coat of arms. Engel were
one of Edouard Pernod's distributors in
Germany. The absinthe would have been
shipped to them in barrel, and then bottled in
Germany under licence.

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A very unusual sealed Absinthe Edouard Pernod
65%, circa 1914.

Possibly made specifically for the cafe.bistrot
trade in the south of France.

Absinthe Edouard Pernod 65%
Absinthe Pernod Fils

This Pernod Fils bottle comes from the cellars
of a bistrot in Perpignan.

One of two perfect sealed
bottles of Absinthe Edouard
Pernod circa 1910-1915.

An Absinthe Superieure Premier Fils 65%
one litre bottle dating from around 1890 to
1900. Premier Fils, based in Romans, was
a high-end producer whose absinthe
commanded a premium price, and was
one of the realtively few absinthe distillers
that used an entirely natural herbal
coloration process, something they proudly
advertised on their label.

The "OXY" cache, discovered in a walled up
section of the cellars of an old inn in Tasmania.

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