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Brechin 1977 28 Year Old

£500

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

65 days ago

Brechin 1977 28 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brechin aged 28 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brechin 1977 28 Year Old is £428–£572 14% around the latest sale).

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About Brechin

Brechin is a whisky distillery. Brechin 1977 28 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1977.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1977), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Brechin 1977 28 Year Old, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Brechin
Expression
1977 28 Year Old
Age
28 years
Vintage
1977
Edition
Brechin 1977 28 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£500

24-month median

£380

24-month high

£500

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£428–£572 ±14%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 95% of tracked bottles

Last seen

65 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£262£388£515May 14Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£5001
April 2016£4501
June 2015£2701
December 2014£3401
May 2014£3801

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brechin 1977 28 Year Old at auction?

Brechin 1977 28 Year Old appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 95% by auction activity among the 31,027 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Brechin 1977 28 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Brechin 1977 28 Year Old at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £500 and a low of £270. 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 Brechin 1977 28 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Brechin 1977 28 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £500 (median £380).

Where can I sell Brechin 1977 28 Year Old?

Brechin 1977 28 Year Old 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 £380 (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 Brechin 1977 28 Year Old a good investment?

Brechin 1977 28 Year Old has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £380. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Brechin 1977 28 Year Old?

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 £500, 24-month median £380 — 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 Brechin 1977 28 Year Old that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.

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