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Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s

£420

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

31 days ago

Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 23 years. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £420, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £460 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s is £386–£454 8% around the latest sale).

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About Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1981.

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 (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
23 years
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£420

24-month high

£460

24-month low

£420

Estimated value · likely range

£386–£454 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

31 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£407£441£474Sept 25Jun 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4201
June 2026£4601
September 2025£4201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s at auction?

Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 28% 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 Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s?

The latest hammer price for Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £420, with a high of £460 and a low of £420. 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 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £420 to £460 (median £420).

Where can I sell Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s?

Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s 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 £420 (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 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s a good investment?

Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £420. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Brora 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s?

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 £420, 24-month median £420 — 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 1981 23 Year Old Chieftain’s that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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