latest hammer price
Auction lots
25
Houses
1
Last sold
506 days ago
Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is a collectable Scotch whisky from Banff aged 37 years. Based on 25 recorded auction lots across 22 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £700, with the most recent sale at £1,300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £460 (low) to £1,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is £1,185–£1,415 (±9% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is up 73.3%, with a 6-month trend of +85.7% (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.
Banff is a whisky distillery. Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is an age-stated bottling at 37 years old, distilled in 1971.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1971), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 37-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society, 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.
Latest sale
£1,300
24-month median
£700
24-month high
£1,300
24-month low
£460
Estimated value · likely range
£1,185–£1,415 ±9%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
506 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | £1,300 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| September 2024 | £725 | 2 |
| August 2024 | £750 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £650 | 2 |
| May 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £750 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £750 | 1 |
Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society at auction is £1,300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £700, with a high of £1,300 and a low of £460. 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.
Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is up 73.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 85.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society 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 £700 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society has moved up 73.3%, with a current median hammer price of £700. The bottle has been observed at auction across 25 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.
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 £1,300, 24-month median £700 — 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 Banff 1971 37 Year Old Dead Whisky Society that hammers at £1,300 would cost the buyer approximately £1,638 all-in including buyer's premium.
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