Selling old liquor in Palm Springs or Los Angeles?

[+ m_writer]

To all, I'm heading to the Palm Springs event, but I was thinking maybe it would be good to sell two old bottles of liquor that have never been opened and have been gathering dust in my home.

The problem is that I have no idea where to sell them.

I tried submitting my pictures online to a cognac expert and they gave me a price for one, but it's located in the United Kingdom and I would have to pay for shipping. I decided to just see if I could sell them locally (I'm here in SoCal).

Attached are the pictures, but does anyone have any idea of a place I could perhaps sell these bottles of liquor for cash?

Thank you.

[+ nycman]

Interesting…..

Top one retails for about $80-$120. 
I think you’ll have a hard time finding someone willing to go to the trouble to buy a second hand bottle in that price range. 

The second one is much more interesting. It was made in the 1980’s for the Asian market. It’s more rare and thus more difficult to price. I’ve seen it listed retail from $300 to $1,200. 

I’d sell them together for $100 just to get them off my hands and make some cognac freak happy. Either that or donate them to a charity auction. 

[Stormy]

I’d try the Nextdoor app and sell it locally 

[+ azdr0710]

I heard on some online forum somewhere that there's some kind of pool party this Sunday............

[+ m_writer]

2 hours ago, azdr0710 said:

I heard on some online forum somewhere that there's some kind of pool party this Sunday............

Maybe I can offer this to an escort who's a cognac/liquor aficionado for a discount off his normal rate.

But seriously, the more I think about it, a charity auction might be best. I would love the money to help out a good cause...

[Guest]

1 hour ago, m_writer said:

... a charity auction might be best...

And you'll get a tax deduction, plus the joy of knowing you helped the charity of your choice. I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that selling alcohol without a license in illegal in California anyway. 

[wsc]

1 hour ago, Unicorn said:

And you'll get a tax deduction, plus the joy of knowing you helped the charity of your choice. I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that selling alcohol without a license in illegal in California anyway. 

I don't doubt it and that angle had occurred to me, as well, reminding me that although you can't sell it, you can make a gift of it.

Which reminds me of my wonderment about prostitution laws. Why is it illegal to sell that which you can give away for free?

We now return to our scheduled program, already in progress.

[+ m_writer]

2 hours ago, Unicorn said:

And you'll get a tax deduction, plus the joy of knowing you helped the charity of your choice. I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that selling alcohol without a license in illegal in California anyway. 

I was thinking at the time more of selling to a liquor antique store or a liquor establishment of some type, really. Sort of like a pawn shop. But now at this point, I'll settle for a charity auction. Thanks for the advice though.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Since this is niche booze and not something easily sold off like a vintage Margaux, I'd price them as a package deal.

Neither is rare enough to go to an auction house.

I'd look at reddit and faceboook groups to see where people are selling by-the-bottle.

[Guest]

Would I be correct if I guessed the OP received these as gifts?

[+ m_writer]

12 minutes ago, Unicorn said:

Would I be correct if I guessed the OP received these as gifts?

Actually, believe it or not, I got them from my Mom's kitchen. They were given to her as gifts for her wedding back in 1980, and she put them in the cabinet above her refrigerator and left it there after her divorce. When the time came to renovate her kitchen, while cleaning out the old cabinets, I came across these bottles and asked her if she wanted them. She said no and told me we could throw it away or give it away (understandable).

I asked to take them because I figured I could sell them, and she was fine with it. Hence why I have them.

[spider]

Charity auction, although have no idea how one hooks up to them. How do they solicit for gifts. God, everything I write sounds like I'm trying to hook up.

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4 hours ago, spider said:

Charity auction, although have no idea how one hooks up to them....

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