Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 23 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £310. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £350 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers is £202–£419 (±35% around the latest sale).
Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as brothersthompson, 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.
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Latest sale
£310
24-month median
£200
24-month high
£350
24-month low
£170
Estimated value · likely range
£202–£419 ±35%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions
Cross-house median
£310
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisky Hammer | 5 | £310 | £310 |
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 4 | £190 | £185 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £310 | 3 |
| March 2026 | £190 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £350 | 1 |
| September 2021 | £200 | 1 |
| March 2021 | £340 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £180 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £170 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers at auction is £310. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £350 and a low of £170. 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 Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £350 (median £200).
Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers 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 £200 (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%.
Ben Nevis - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. 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 £310, 24-month median £200 — 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 - 23 Year Old (1996) Thompson Brothers that hammers at £310 would cost the buyer approximately £391 all-in including buyer's premium.
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