Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Auchentoshan aged 18 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old is £137–£223 (±24% around the latest sale).
Auchentoshan is a whisky distillery. Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 1978.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
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.
Latest sale
£180
24-month median
£150
24-month high
£210
24-month low
£85
Estimated value · likely range
£137–£223 ±24%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £180 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £150 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £210 | 1 |
| August 2018 | £140 | 1 |
| October 2016 | £155 | 1 |
| December 2014 | £90 | 1 |
| October 2014 | £85 | 1 |
| August 2014 | £150 | 1 |
| May 2014 | £90 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £210 and a low of £85. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £85 to £210 (median £150).
Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old 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 £150 (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%.
Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £150. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £150 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Auchentoshan 1978 18 Year Old that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.
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