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Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask

£480
77.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

24

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 21 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £410, with the most recent sale at £480. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask is £363–£597 24% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask is up 77.8%, with a 6-month trend of +33.3% (up). 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.

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About Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1982.

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 (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-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
21 years
Vintage
1982
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£480

24-month median

£410

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£363–£597 ±24%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

33.3%vs 6 months ago
77.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£466£670Feb 15Nov 17Apr 19Feb 23Jul 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£4802
October 2025£5602
July 2025£4402
October 2023£5402
February 2023£6002
April 2021£6502
April 2019£3602
May 2018£4102
November 2017£3202
May 2015£3402
April 2015£3602
March 2015£2701

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask appeared in 4 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 22% 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 1982 21 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask at auction is £480. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £410, with a high of £650 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 Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask is up 77.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask?

Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask 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 £410 (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 1982 21 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask has moved up 77.8%, with a current median hammer price of £410. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Brora 1982 21 Year Old First Cask?

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 £480, 24-month median £410 — 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 1982 21 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £480 would cost the buyer approximately £605 all-in including buyer's premium.

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