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Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros

£120

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

23

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Blended aged 38 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £128, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

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About Blended

Blended is a whisky distillery. Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 38 years old, distilled in 1986.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1986), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 38-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Blended
Age
38 years
Vintage
1986
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£128

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£110–£130 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

56% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£141£165Mar 25Apr 25Sept 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1201
November 2025£1302
October 2025£1202
September 2025£1602
June 2025£1206
May 2025£1402
April 2025£1254
March 2025£1304

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 56% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £128, with a high of £160 and a low of £120. 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 Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £120 to £160 (median £128).

Where can I sell Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros?

Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 £128 (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 Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros has appeared in 23 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £128. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros?

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 £120, 24-month median £128 — 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 Blended 1986 38 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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