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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pennsylvania liquor regulators say they’ve stopped the illegal sale of a bottle of rare bourbon at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

Officials from the state’s Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement and university police seized the 750-milliliter bottle of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon from a Duquesne address around 1:20 p.m. Thursday.

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Officials didn’t identify the alleged seller but said charges are pending.

They described the bottle of Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve as “very rare and high end.”

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Varieties of the Kentucky-made bourbon have sold for $130 to $1,190.

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