Robert Burns Hipflask Sold at Scottish Auction
Published August 25th, 2007
An 18th Century hip flask which once belonged to Robert Burns has sold for about 10-times its expected price at auction in Edinburgh.
It had been forecast to fetch between £600 and £800 but instead went under the hammer for £7,200.
The flask is believed to have been left by Burns at Hunthill House, near Jedburgh, in the Borders in the 1770s.
Auctioneers Bonhams said the price achieved by the hip flask had “surprised everyone”.
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