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Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection

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Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Aberlour aged 17 years. Based on 41 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £185, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £124 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is £185–£275 19% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is up 70.4%, with a 6-month trend of +21.1% (up). 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 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as collectionreserve, 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
Age
17 years
Vintage
1999
Edition
collectionreserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£185

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£124

Estimated value · likely range

£185–£275 ±19%

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

21.1%vs 6 months ago
70.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2024£2301
September 2023£1901
August 2022£3201
December 2020£2101
September 2020£1701
June 2020£2201
February 2020£1901
November 2019£2401
October 2019£2201
August 2019£2201
July 2019£2301
May 2019£1401

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

The latest hammer price for Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £185, with a high of £320 and a low of £124. 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 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection changed in value over the past year?

Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is up 70.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 21.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 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 £185 (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 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Aberlour 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection has moved up 70.4%, with a current median hammer price of £185. The bottle has been observed at auction across 41 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 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

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 £230, 24-month median £185 — 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 1999 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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