latest hammer price
Auction lots
24
Houses
1
Last sold
426 days ago
Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 49 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £175. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £105 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker is £140–£210 (±20% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker is down 30%, with a 6-month trend of -51.4% (down). 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.
Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker is an age-stated bottling at 49 years old, distilled in 1966.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1966), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 49-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker 50cl, 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
£175
24-month median
£210
24-month high
£400
24-month low
£105
Estimated value · likely range
£140–£210 ±20%
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
Trend
▼ 100% vs prior year
Last seen
426 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £175 | 2 |
| November 2024 | £200 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £250 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £320 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £400 | 1 |
| February 2022 | £250 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £360 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £210 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £240 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £220 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £210 | 1 |
| December 2019 | £185 | 2 |
More from Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 100% on the previous year.
The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker at auction is £175. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £400 and a low of £105. 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.
Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker is down 30% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 51.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker 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 £210 (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 Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker has moved down 30%, with a current median hammer price of £210. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 £175, 24-month median £210 — 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 Ben Nevis 1966 49 Year Old Whisky Broker that hammers at £175 would cost the buyer approximately £221 all-in including buyer's premium.
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