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Brora70cl

Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release

£1,400
36.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

52

Houses

1

Last sold

144 days ago

Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 30 years. Based on 52 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,025, with the most recent sale at £1,400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £350 (low) to £2,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release is £840–£1,960 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release is up 36.6%, with a 6-month trend of -6.7% (down). 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 30 Year Old 2005 Release is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 2005.

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 (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-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
Brora
Age
30 years
Vintage
2005
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,400

24-month median

£1,025

24-month high

£2,000

24-month low

£350

Estimated value · likely range

£840–£1,960 ±40%

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

144 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.7%vs 6 months ago
36.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£340£1,200£2,060Feb 13Feb 16May 18Aug 19Dec 21Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1,4002
October 2025£1,5002
November 2023£1,7002
April 2023£1,9002
December 2021£2,0002
December 2020£1,5002
September 2020£1,5002
September 2019£1,5001
August 2019£1,2003
July 2019£1,3002
May 2019£1,5002
March 2019£1,4002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release at auction?

Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release?

The latest hammer price for Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release at auction is £1,400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,025, with a high of £2,000 and a low of £350. 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 30 Year Old 2005 Release changed in value over the past year?

Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release is up 36.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release?

Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release 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 £1,025 (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 30 Year Old 2005 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Brora 30 Year Old 2005 Release has moved up 36.6%, with a current median hammer price of £1,025. The bottle has been observed at auction across 52 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 30 Year Old 2005 Release?

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 £1,400, 24-month median £1,025 — 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 30 Year Old 2005 Release that hammers at £1,400 would cost the buyer approximately £1,764 all-in including buyer's premium.

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