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A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros

£190

latest hammer price

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

506 days ago

A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Speyside aged 31 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros is £175–£205 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Speyside

Speyside names a Scotch whisky region — Speyside — rather than a single distillery: this is an undisclosed-distillery bottling that discloses only its region of origin. Speyside A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 31 years old, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 31-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Speyside
Expression
A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros
Age
31 years
Vintage
1989
Edition
A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£200

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£175–£205 ±8%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

0 lots

Last seen

506 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 13.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£216£258Jun 22Mar 23Jun 23Dec 23Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2025£1901
December 2023£1801
September 2023£2001
August 2023£2501
June 2023£2001
March 2023£2201
October 2022£2202
August 2022£2003
June 2022£2201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £250 and a low of £180. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £250 (median £200).

Where can I sell A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros?

A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £200 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £190, 24-month median £200 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of A Speyside 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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