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A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros

£180

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from A Speyside aged 31 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros is £166–£194 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About A Speyside

A Speyside is a whisky distillery. A Speyside Distillery 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.

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
A Speyside
Age
31 years
Vintage
1989
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£166–£194 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

▼ 25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 18.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£201£237Dec 21Jun 23May 25Dec 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1801
December 2025£1702
July 2025£1902
May 2025£1802
June 2023£1902
February 2022£2304
December 2021£2202

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Frequently asked questions

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

A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

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

The latest hammer price for A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £230 and a low of £170. 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 Distillery 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 Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £230 (median £190).

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

A Speyside Distillery 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 £190 (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 Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

A Speyside Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £190. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of A Speyside Distillery 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 £180, 24-month median £190 — 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 Distillery 1989 31 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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