3 bottles
LOT 0023
Three Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 23 Year
Two with hang tags still attached
Acquired 2026
Settle the collection properly.
When a whiskey collection is part of an estate, you’re not just selling bottles. You’re answerable to heirs, maybe to a court, and to your own sense of doing right by someone’s life’s collecting. What you need isn’t a buyer with cash. It’s a buyer with paperwork.
Four things an executor needs that a Craigslist buyer can’t give you.
An itemized quote for the estate file
Every bottle listed with its own number, in writing. Heirs can review it, an attorney can file it, and nobody has to take anyone's word for what the collection was worth.
A documented, legal sale
The purchase happens at our ABC-licensed premises, on the record: a lawful transaction with a licensed business, not a cash handshake that raises questions later.
One buyer for the whole collection
The trophy bottles and the ordinary ones, in one transaction. No cherry-picking that leaves the estate holding fifty bottles nobody wants, no listing things one by one for months.
A timeline probate can live with
Quotes in 24 hours, payment after inspection, most transactions closed within a week. And if the estate needs us to hold to a schedule or wait on court approval, we work around it.
Working with an estate attorney? Have them verify our license with the DC ABC Administration: details on our licensing page, or call (202) 902-9935 and we’ll talk to them directly.
We buy whole collections: here are some.
These group lots are from our public purchase record: entire collections quoted as one, shipped insured, and paid. Photographed on our intake table, not staged.
3 bottles
LOT 0010
Two Eagle Rare 17s and a Russell's Reserve 15
Eagle Rare 17 Year x2 · Russell's Reserve 15 Year Limited Release
Acquired May 2026
6 bottles
LOT 0019
Van Winkle vertical: six bottles, one call
Old Rip 10 · Pappy 15 · Special Reserve 12 Lot "B" · Family Reserve Rye 13 · Pappy 20 · Pappy 23
Acquired April 2026
4 bottles
LOT 0016
Two George T. Staggs and two Eagle Rare 17s
George T. Stagg x2 · Eagle Rare 17 Year x2
Acquired March 2026
LOT 0001
Ten allocated bourbons, from Blanton's to Birthday Bourbon
Acquired June 21, 2026
LOT 0002
Eight-bottle lot led by Pappy 15 and Old Rip 10
Acquired June 14, 2026
The full record lives on Recent Purchases.
Four steps, fully documented.
01
Inventory the collection
Use our free inventory template or just photograph every shelf. Don't clean, open, or rearrange anything. Condition as-found is fine.
02
Get the itemized quote
One written quote covering the whole collection, bottle by bottle, with no obligation and no expiry pressure while the family decides.
03
Accept when you're ready
We ship insured at our cost. For larger collections, call us and we'll plan the logistics with you before anything moves.
04
Payment with a paper trail
Payment by check, ACH, or wire to the estate, issued after inspection, with documentation for the file.
Inheriting a cabinet yourself, rather than administering one? The inherited bourbon guide speaks to that directly, including how to make sure nobody takes advantage of you.
One collection. One documented sale.
Send the inventory (or just shelf photos) and we'll return an itemized, written quote the whole family can look at. No obligation while you decide.
- Cash offer in under 24 hours
- Insured shipping both ways, on us
- No fees taken from your payout, ever
Prefer to talk it through? Call (202) 902-9935; a real person answers.