August 20, 2026 Estate Auction

August 20, 2026 Estate Auction

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Lot 203: Mens Vintage Silver Tone Absolut Vodka Bottle Cufflink Costume Jewelry Pair

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Start price: $40

Estimated price: $80 - $160

Buyer's Premium:

This lot is for a pair of Absolut Vodka bottle-shaped silver-toned cuff links. New, Sealed in original plastic sleeve. Please reference all photos for full details.

Measurements: 1". Weight: 0.2 lbs

This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.