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Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s

£235

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 13 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 25 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £235. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s is £204–£266 13% around the latest sale).

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About Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), 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.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by cadenhead, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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 Nevis
Age
25 years
Vintage
1999
Bottler
Cadenhead's
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£235

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£270

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£204–£266 ±13%

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

13 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

225% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 6% of tracked bottles

Last seen

9 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£180

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions16£270£180
Whisky Hammer1£260£260
17.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£217£278Jul 25Sept 25May 26Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2352
July 2026£2601
May 2026£1702
December 2025£1602
November 2025£1802
October 2025£1702
September 2025£2002
August 2025£2702
July 2025£1702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s at auction?

Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s appeared in 13 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 225% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 6% 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 Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s?

The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s at auction is £235. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £270 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 Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £270 (median £180).

Where can I sell Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s?

Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s 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 Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s a good investment?

Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s has appeared in 17 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 Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s?

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 £235, 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 Ben Nevis 1999 25 Year Old Cadenhead’s that hammers at £235 would cost the buyer approximately £296 all-in including buyer's premium.

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