Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory is a collectable Scotch whisky from Blair Athol aged 26 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory is £118–£223 (±31% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory is up 47.8%, with a 6-month trend of -37% (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.
Blair Athol is a whisky distillery. Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1988.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by signatory, 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.
Latest sale
£170
24-month median
£170
24-month high
£270
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£118–£223 ±31%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £170 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £160 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £230 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £270 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £190 | 1 |
| April 2019 | £270 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £240 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £115 | 1 |
| March 2017 | £175 | 1 |
| February 2016 | £85 | 1 |
| January 2016 | £95 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £270 and a low of £80. 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.
Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory is up 47.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 37%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory 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 £170 (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 Blair Athol 1988 26 Year Old Signatory has moved up 47.8%, with a current median hammer price of £170. The bottle has been observed at auction across 15 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 £170, 24-month median £170 — 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 1988 26 Year Old Signatory that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.
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