Christies will auction off 40 cases of unopened bonded whiskey bottled between 1908 and the 1930s, including a lot of Hermitage whiskey pints distilled around 1914.
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Rare pre-Prohibition whiskeys offer a taste of American history
When Jean-Baptiste (J.B.) Leonis, the early 20th-century builder, banker, and wine and liquor merchant who founded the town of Vernon, California, spotted Prohibition on the horizon, he was not about to take any chances with his beloved whiskey.
