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Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old

£8,600

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

231 days ago

Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 22 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £8,600, with the most recent sale at £8,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £8,600 (low) to £8,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old is £7,310–£9,890 15% around the latest sale).

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About Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 22 years old, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Brora was silent from 1983 until its 2021 revival, so whisky from the original distillery is finite and keenly collected.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 22-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as rareselection, 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
Brora
Age
22 years
Vintage
1972
Edition
Rare Selection
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£8,600

24-month median

£8,600

24-month high

£8,600

24-month low

£8,600

Estimated value · likely range

£7,310–£9,890 ±15%

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 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

231 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £8,600 in January 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£8,6001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old at auction?

Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 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 98% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old at auction is £8,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £8,600, with a high of £8,600 and a low of £8,600. 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 Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £8,600 to £8,600 (median £8,600).

Where can I sell Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old?

Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 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 £8,600 (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 Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old a good investment?

Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £8,600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 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 £8,600, 24-month median £8,600 — 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 Brora 1972 Rare Malts Selection 22 Year Old that hammers at £8,600 would cost the buyer approximately £10,836 all-in including buyer's premium.

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