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500.00USDto L********5 (9002)+ buyer's premium (30.00)
This item SOLD at 2026 Jan 31 @ 19:50UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT
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Celebrate 250 years of John Rigby & Co., Britain’s oldest gunmaker, with this exceptional collector’s pairing, offered as one auction item. This distinguished lot unites a rare limited-edition single malt Scotch whisky with the definitive chronicle of Rigby’s modern renaissance—two pieces that together honor Rigby’s past, present, and future.
Here is the description from the distributor's site.
Age: 18-Years old
Proof: 86 proof
Finish: Sherry
Source: Blair Athol
Tasting Notes: Dutch apple pie begins, thick and creamy with elegant apple and pear, honeysuckle, vanilla bean, soft smoke and light oak. Silky caramel lingers beyond it all. It begins to expand as it sits in the glass - sugary raspberry, freshly peeled lemon, white tea, and new leather.
The palate leads rich and layered with spiced pear, gentle smoke and new leather, and freshly brewed coffee. Red fruit is not as prominent on the front palate, but definitely grows more round and plush toward the mid palate with trailing smoked vanilla.
The finish is gentle but weighted, lingering with red fruits, light tannin, lightly oiled leather, soft trailing spice, and dark chocolate.
About: An 18-year old Blair Athol that has been bottled by Hunter Laing for John Rigby & Co.
Blair Athol distillery is one of Scotland's oldest, dating back into the late 18th century. Its modern story begins when it was closed down by Peter Mackenzie in 1932, and was purchased by Arthur Bell & Sons the following year. Distilling recommenced in 1949, and with Blair Athol malt at its heart, Bell's became one of the world's best-selling whiskies. Despite its importance to the blend, Blair Athol was also bottled as a single malt under the Bell's banner in the 1970s and 1980s. New owners, Guinness, were less interested in this when they took over in 1985, but their subsequent iteration, United Distillers, brought a back distillery bottling with the Flora & Fauna release. Despite its popularity, Blair Athol has yet to be bottled under its own single malt brand. Other official bottlings from the Diageo era are very rare too, however the distillery has regularly provided casks to independent companies, many of whom have bottled some exceptional releases.
Complementing the whisky is Rigby Resurrection, the definitive chronicle of one of British manufacturing’s greatest comeback stories. This extraordinary limited-edition, nearly 350-page volume weighs close to 3kg and documents the remarkable journey that transformed John Rigby & Co. from “a box of papers in the back of a car” into today’s thriving gunmaking powerhouse.
Authored by Managing Director Marc Newton and acclaimed firearms historian Diggory Hadoke, and illustrated with breathtaking photography by award-winning sporting photographers Simon K. Barr and Terry Allen, the book captures Rigby’s renaissance from 2013 to 2025. Bound in a durable canvas cover built to withstand the rigors of adventure, it showcases Rigby guns in their natural environments—from the misty Scottish Highlands to the sun-drenched plains of Africa—while revealing the human stories behind the brand’s revival.
With production limited to 1,000 numbered copies, Rigby Resurrection is a rare and meaningful collector’s piece, representing the craftsmanship, heritage, and vision that continue to define Rigby today.
The book is autographed by the workers in the Rigby workshop making it one of a kind.
Together, this whisky and book pairing forms a powerful tribute to 250 years of excellence—an heirloom-quality auction lot for discerning collectors, sportsmen, and Rigby aficionados alike.
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9500 Harris Glen Dr, Charolette, North Carolina, 28269, United States
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