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Bitters Sweet!

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – An iconic bottle so rare that for years many doubted its existence is coming up for bid.

The 150-year-old blue Cassin’s Grape Brandy Bitters bottle is being sold as part of the legendary Ken Fee collection of mostly Western bitters bottles, which will cross two online auctions by American Bottle Auctions on Friday, Nov. 29, and Jan. 24, 2020.

“No one had seen Ken

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