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Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros

£180

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

52 days ago

Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Arran aged 25 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros is £166–£194 8% around the latest sale).

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About Arran

Arran is a whisky distillery. Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1996.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as brosthompson, 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
Arran
Age
25 years
Vintage
1996
Edition
Thompson Bros
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£160

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

52 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£175£196Sept 22Jun 23Jul 24Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1802
May 2026£1701
November 2025£1602
July 2024£1702
July 2023£1802
June 2023£1902
February 2023£1902
January 2023£1802
December 2022£1702
September 2022£1904

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 17% 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 Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £190 and a low of £160. 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 Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £190 (median £180).

Where can I sell Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros?

Arran 1996 25 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 £180 (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 Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros has appeared in 21 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £180. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Arran 1996 25 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 £180 — 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 Arran 1996 25 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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