Walker's Whiskey Bottle. Value??

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This is one we dug yesterday with a quick clean up. It's early 1900's. Embossed on the bottom;

WALKER'S

KILMANOCK
WHISKEY

1868

Embossing is weak on the bottom. It used to have paper labels but no longer does. Found out what the middle two words were at this site; http://www.whisky.com/forum/showthread.php?p=49878

Sure wish mine was full with the labels judging from the offers being made in the above post.

Now I'm curious what it's worth empty with no labels...lol[:D]
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Debbie

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*** rethinking comments as more pictures go up...

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Hey Debbie,

Sorry to have jumped the gun, before you had finished posting. Johnnie Walker, even in the pre-1908 bottles are a glut on the market, from what I understand.

Is there any glass house embossing on the base? The finish is looking tooled, though this darned monitor is not so hot. I'm gonna guess it is TOC.

Base embossed whisky squares don't generate tremendous collector fervor.

"Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch Whiskey owned by Diageo and produced in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

It is the most widely distributed brand of blended Scotch whiskey in the world, sold in almost every country with yearly sales of over 130 million bottles.

Originally known as Walker’s Kilmarnock Whisky.

Tthe Johnnie Walker brand is a legacy left by John ‘Johnnie’ Walker after he started to sell whiskey in his grocer’s shop in Ayrshire, Scotland.

The brand became popular after Walker’s death in 1857.

John Walker’s son Alexander Walker and grandson Alexander Walker II who were largely responsible for establishing the scotch as a popular brand.

Under John Walker, whiskey sales represented eight percent of the firm’s income; by the time Alexander was ready to pass on the company to his own sons, that figure had increased to between 90 and 95 percent.

Prior to 1860 it was illegal to sell blended whiskey. During that time John Walker sold a number of whiskies — notably his own Walker’s Kilmarnock. In 1865 John’s son Alexander produced their first blend, Walker’s Old Highland.

Alexander Walker first introduced the iconic square bottle in 1870.

From 1906–1909 John’s grandsons George and Alexander II expanded the line and introduced the color names.

In 1908, the whiskey was renamed from Walker’s Kilmarnock Whiskies to Johnnie Walker Whiskey." FROM.

I believe the base embossing of Walker's Kilmarnock may have gone past that 1908 date.

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I was trying to figure out what the embossing on the bottom was since the only thing you actually make out clearly was WALKER'S and 1868. I came across the other site. Based on what could be seen on my bottle it was the same embossing as the other one. After I scrolled down a bit and saw what people were offering for a full bottle I was curious about an empty one.

Guess I have to go to work tomorrow...lol...weather permitting.[>:]
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You would have a hard time giving that bottle away to be honest, it really has no value, sorry....Jim

Unless it was this color...



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