Sell your Old Fitzgerald, especially the dusty ones.
The bottle at the back of a grandparent's cabinet, wearing a paper tax strip and half a century of dust, might be Stitzel-Weller whiskey, and that puts it near the top of every serious collector's list. Don't clean it, don't open it, and don't let anyone talk you out of it cheap. Photograph it exactly as it sits.
How we price Old Fitzgerald.
Dusty bottles get priced like artifacts, because that's what they are. Distillery era comes first, since Stitzel-Weller whiskey and later production are different worlds. Then the age statement, the bottle size, the state of a sixty-year-old label, the tax strip, and where the fill sits after decades of standing still. Each of those moves the number, and no two old bottles ever land in the same place.
Which is why the quote here is a conversation with someone who buys these regularly, not a lookup. Send photos of the whole bottle, the strip, and the shoulder fill, and you'll get a real figure for your exact bottle. Costs nothing, obligates nothing.
The Old Fitz record.
This section only ever shows purchases we can prove: photos, lot numbers, and dates. We hold ourselves to that even when it leaves a page looking patient.
We're actively buying Old Fitzgerald, and this record fills only with proof.
No published Old Fitz lots yet, because nothing appears here without a photo, a lot number, and a date, and never a stock image. If you're holding one, especially a Stitzel-Weller-era bottle, yours may be the purchase that opens this page's record.
Get My Old Fitz OfferThe Fitzgeralds we chase.
- Stitzel-Weller-era Old Fitzgerald from the 1950s through the 1980s
- Very Old Fitzgerald and Very Very Old Fitzgerald, any age statement
- John E. Fitzgerald Very Special Reserve 20 Year
- The modern Bottled-in-Bond decanters as part of a collection; where the market has them moves season to season, so ask us that week
- Half pints and 4/5 quarts alongside standard bottles
- Tax strips intact, however fragile the paper
What we let pass.
- Opened bottles, whatever their era
- Modern shelf Old Fitzgerald without an age story
- Bottles too far gone to identify from photos, until we've talked them over
Dusty questions, honest answers.
How do I know if my Old Fitzgerald is Stitzel-Weller?
The era is the tell: Stitzel-Weller distilled into the early 1970s and its whiskey filled Old Fitzgerald bottles into the 1980s, so a tax strip, an old-style label, or a 4/5 quart size all argue for a closer look. The glass and the fine print help too. Send photos of everything; making that call is precisely the work we do, and we do it before quoting, not after.
Do you buy the new Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond decanters?
It depends on where the market sits the week you ask, and that genuinely changes with the seasons. On their own the decanters are a maybe; as part of a collection they come along more often than not. Rather than publish an answer that would be stale by spring, we'll just tell you: send the list, and you'll know exactly where the market has your decanter, usually the same day.
Should I clean my dusty bottle up before photographing it?
Please don't. The dust, the intact strip, the yellowed label: that's evidence, and evidence is value. Wiping a bottle down can lift fragile paper, and a freshly scrubbed dusty reads as suspicious to every experienced buyer who sees it. Shoot it exactly as found and let us read it as it is.
What does a tax strip actually prove?
It helps date the bottle to the strip era and shows the closure was never broken, which covers most of what authentication needs on a dusty. A torn or partial strip isn't a dealbreaker, and a missing one isn't either on its own; it just changes what else we weigh. Whatever state yours is in, leave it alone and let the photos carry it.
Found a Fitzgerald? Leave the dust on.
Photograph it as it sits and list it below; a real buyer who knows the dusty era will quote it free. Most quotes returned within 24 hours.
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