[Young Werther]

The cork seems to be made of cork. this bottle should be laid on its side to keep the cork wet. Wines can remain potable for centuries. I remember that a bottle Rothschilds wine from 1805, (est) sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I'm sure there must be a wine catalog which would have the prices for wines of particular vintages.

[ErnBatavia]

Thanks...I should start doing some bigtime Googleization!

Regarding the corks - these have stood upright for decades, so I'm sure the corks would be dried and worthless; I'd be afraid to alter the way i store 'em at this stage

(I've posted another pic of another bottle, BTW - I'd swear that the cork covering on this one is made of thick lead!)