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Ben Bracken 28 Year Old

£70
16.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

145

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Ben Bracken 28 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Bracken aged 28 years. Based on 145 recorded auction lots across 49 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Bracken 28 Year Old is £60–£80 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ben Bracken 28 Year Old is up 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of +16.7% (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.

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About Ben Bracken

Ben Bracken is a whisky distillery. Ben Bracken 28 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Ben Bracken
Age
28 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£55

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£60–£80 ±14%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£63£88Feb 16Apr 17Sept 18Jan 20Jul 21Apr 23May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£701
December 2025£502
November 2025£702
October 2025£552
July 2025£602
July 2024£702
November 2023£602
June 2023£702
April 2023£552
March 2023£604
October 2022£852
September 2022£802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ben Bracken 28 Year Old at auction?

Ben Bracken 28 Year Old appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 13% 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 Ben Bracken 28 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Ben Bracken 28 Year Old at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £85 and a low of £40. 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 Ben Bracken 28 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Ben Bracken 28 Year Old is up 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ben Bracken 28 Year Old?

Ben Bracken 28 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 £55 (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 Ben Bracken 28 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ben Bracken 28 Year Old has moved up 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 145 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 Ben Bracken 28 Year Old?

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 £70, 24-month median £55 — 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 Ben Bracken 28 Year Old that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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