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Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve

£45
30.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

84

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Aberlour. Based on 84 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve is £38–£52 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve is down 30.8%, with a 6-month trend of -25% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

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About Aberlour

Aberlour is a whisky distillery. Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

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

  • Named / limited release

    Released as dunnagemillenniumreserve, 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
Aberlour
Vintage
1989
Edition
Millennium Dunnage Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£45

24-month median

£50

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£38–£52 ±15%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago
30.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£61£88Oct 15Nov 16Feb 18Jul 19Jan 21Mar 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£451
April 2026£501
March 2026£501
November 2025£851
July 2025£502
September 2024£602
August 2024£602
July 2023£502
March 2023£552
January 2023£702
November 2022£652
October 2022£452

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve at auction?

Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve appeared in 4 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 up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £85 and a low of £35. 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 Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve is down 30.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve?

Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve 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 £50 (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 Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve has moved down 30.8%, with a current median hammer price of £50. The bottle has been observed at auction across 84 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve?

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 £45, 24-month median £50 — 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 Aberlour 1989 Millennium Dunnage Reserve that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.

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