latest hammer price
Auction lots
2
Houses
1
Last sold
427 days ago
Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Blair Athol aged 21 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £165, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask is £156–£184 (±8% around the latest sale).
Blair Athol is a whisky distillery. Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1985.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask, 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
£170
24-month median
£165
24-month high
£170
24-month low
£160
Estimated value · likely range
£156–£184 ±8%
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
427 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £170 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £160 | 1 |
More from Blair Athol
Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask 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 Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £165, with a high of £170 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £170 (median £165).
Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask 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 £165 (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%.
Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £165. 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 £170, 24-month median £165 — 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 Blair Athol 1985 21 Year Old Old Malt Cask that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.
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