STARS ON WHISKY TRAIL TO RAISE CASH FOR NEEDY CHILDREN AT BONHAMS EDINBURGH

50 BOTTLES FOR SPIRIT AID

Bonhams Whisky sale in Edinburgh on 17 November features 50 rather special bottles being sold on behalf of Spirit Aid, a charity which offers help and support to needy children in Britain and around the world.

The bottles have been collected by Scottish actor David Hayman, star of TV’s Trial and Retribution and three colleagues, Whisky Magazine Editor, Rob Allanson, comedian Vladimir McTavish and the writer Tom Morton.

They followed the trail of the Victorian eccentric Alfred Barnard who in 1875 set out on a three year journey to visit and write about each of the 162 distilleries in the United Kingdom.  Of the 106 distilleries still operating, David and his team have visited 50 ranging from Highland Park in Orkney to Bushmills in Northern Ireland, Penderyn in Wales and St George’s, England’s only distillery, in Norfolk.

The bottles are signed by the team and are estimated to raise over £2,500.  

Bonhams Whisky specialist, Martin Green, said, “This is a really imaginative idea and we’re very pleased to be supporting such a worthwhile cause.”

Spirit Aid was set up in 2001 by David Hayman who is also the charity’s operations director.  It is dedicated to relieving suffering to children caused by wars, genocide, poverty and abuse.

For further sale information please go to www.bonhams.com/whisky

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Bonhams

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further five throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, New York and Boston in the USA; Toronto, Canada; and France, Monaco, Hong Kong, Sydney and Dubai. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 57 specialist areas. By the end of 2009, Bonhams had become UK market leaders in ten key specialist collecting areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com (February 2010).