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Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release

£1,700
10.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

104

Houses

1

Last sold

43 days ago

Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 38 years. Based on 104 recorded auction lots across 44 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,700, with the most recent sale at £1,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,150 (low) to £2,550 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release is £1,438–£1,963 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release is down 10.5%, with a 6-month trend of -5.6% (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 38 Year Old 2016 Release is an age-stated bottling at 38 years old, distilled in 2016.

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 (2016), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 38-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
38 years
Vintage
2016
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,700

24-month median

£1,700

24-month high

£2,550

24-month low

£1,150

Estimated value · likely range

£1,438–£1,963 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

40% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

43 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.6%vs 6 months ago
10.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,116£1,871£2,627Dec 16May 19Oct 20Nov 21Jan 23Aug 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1,7002
April 2026£1,9002
October 2025£1,7002
July 2025£1,9002
June 2025£2,0002
December 2024£1,6002
October 2024£1,8002
September 2024£1,9002
August 2024£2,0002
May 2024£1,8004
April 2024£1,9002
March 2024£1,9004

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release at auction?

Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 40% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 14% 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 38 Year Old 2016 Release?

The latest hammer price for Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release at auction is £1,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,700, with a high of £2,550 and a low of £1,150. 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 38 Year Old 2016 Release changed in value over the past year?

Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release is down 10.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 5.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release?

Brora 38 Year Old 2016 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 £1,700 (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 38 Year Old 2016 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Brora 38 Year Old 2016 Release has moved down 10.5%, with a current median hammer price of £1,700. The bottle has been observed at auction across 104 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 38 Year Old 2016 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 £1,700, 24-month median £1,700 — 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 38 Year Old 2016 Release that hammers at £1,700 would cost the buyer approximately £2,142 all-in including buyer's premium.

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