A Pre-Prohibition Bottle of Old Fitzgerald and Other Vintage Bourbons Are Headed to Auction

A Pre-Prohibition Bottle of Old Fitzgerald and Other Vintage Bourbons Are Headed to Auction

Sotheby's will auction off three rare vintage bottles of Old Fitzgerald bourbon, including a pre-Prohibition bottle, via Sotheby's this June

Old Fitzgerald Max Shapira Trio Heads to Sotheby’s

Old Fitzgerald will offer three archival Bourbons from the personal collection of Heaven Hill executive chairman Max Shapira in Sotheby’s online Whisky & Whiskey auction, which runs from June 11-26, 2026. The lots span distillation and bottling dates from 1917 to 2015, with proceeds earmarked for Bernheim Forest and Arboretum in Kentucky. Heaven Hill said the Old Fitzgerald Archival Collection from Max Shapira “represent many decades of Bourbon …