Two rare bottles salvaged from the shipwreck that inspired the book and film Whisky Galore are being auctioned. 
The collectors' items were part of the cargo on the 8,000-tonne SS Politician, which sank off the shores of Eriskay, in the outer Hebrides, in 1941.
The incident inspired Compton Mackenzie's book Whisky Galore and an Ealing comedy of the same name.
Glasgow auction website, Scotch Whisky Auctions, will take bids for the bottles until 5 May.
The SS Politician was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of Eriskay in bad weather.
Islanders recovered hundreds of cases of whisky from the wreck and some of the bottles were buried to keep them hidden from customs officers.
Other bottles have since been found washed up on the island's shores and also recovered by divers.
BBC
