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Sam Adams Millennium-You are bidding on an extremly rare bottle of Samuel Adams signed and numbered by James Koch #147 out of 3000 bottled. The bottle is full and sealed which comes in a felt glove and is contained in a felt-lined chery box. This also has the original paper with it. It has been stored safely in its box and only taken out for pictures. This very low number is a must have for any collector.

Millenium is very rare on eBay and a low number is unheard of. Bid early and often. A bottle of this quality will not come up again!

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Sam Adams Millennium sells for $4,910

Other limited edition bottles go for more than $1,000 in online auctions

Nov 30, 1999 - A college professor paid $4,910 for bottle No. 1 of the new Sam Adams Millennium beer from Boston Beer Co . in a charity auction at .

"We were all very excited," said Boston Beer spokesperson Erica Darling. "We had no idea what it would sell for."

"We wish we had more bottles for (other) charity auctions," said Lucy Sholley of Boston Beer. However, all 3,000 bottles have been handed out as gifts or shipped to distributors.

The winning bidder, who prefers to remain anonymous, lives in Boston. He bought the bottle for his wife in celebration of their 10th wedding anniversary. Proceeds from the auction went to the Colorado Outward Bound School.

Enthusiastic bidding for bottles of the Millennium didn't stop with charity. Bottles sold for more than $1,000 at both and within the last week, although prices realized have dropped since.

Millennium is the strongest beer ever brewed for distribution. It is 20% alcohol by volume. The brewery released just 3,000 750 ml bottles of the special brew. The package contains a cobalt blue wine bottle with platinum lettering, finished with a natural cork and sealing wax, encased in a cherry wood box. All 3,000 bottles were signed and numbered by Boston Beer Company founder and Jim Koch.

Boston Beer gave bottles to each of its employees and reserved other bottles to use as corporate gifts. That left about 2,000 bottles to sell in all but the 16 states w they are outlawed. Many distributors passed on the opportunity to buy them.

"Now everybody is calling us and they want the beer," Sholley said. "They are all gone."

eBay banned the sale of alcohol at its site in October and was not interested in hosting the auction for bottle No. 1. It has, however, allowed individuals to put Millennium in auctions. The bottles are considered "collectible" and limited edition products.

In auctions that closed before No. 1 was sold, bottle No. 2020 brought $1,110 in a Yahoo! auction and a bottle fetched $1,025 on eBay. A few days later a bottle went unsold on eBay because it did not meet the seller's reserve despite drawing a bid of $560.

In two auctions that closed Tuesday at eBay, one bottle drew a high bid of $415 and another a bid of $500 but neither reached the seller's reserve. Several eBay auctions were scheduled to end Wednesday, some with reserves and some without. T are also several Yahoo! auctions featuring Millennium due to close in the next few days.

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