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Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven

£540

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

2

Last sold

29 days ago

Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 30 years. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £560, with the most recent sale at £540. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £460 (low) to £4,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven is £492–£588 9% around the latest sale).

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About Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1986.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1986), 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskmagnificentrareseriesseven, 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
Bruichladdich
Age
30 years
Vintage
1986
Edition
Rare Cask Series Magnificent Seven
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£540

24-month median

£560

24-month high

£4,600

24-month low

£460

Estimated value · likely range

£492–£588 ±9%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

29 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£560

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions19£540£560
Bonhams1£4,600£4,600
22.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£446£2,592£4,738Jan 19Feb 21Jul 22Jun 23Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5401
June 2026£4,6001
March 2026£5402
December 2025£4602
September 2025£5402
June 2023£8502
July 2022£7002
May 2021£5402
February 2021£5802
March 2019£5602
January 2019£5602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven at auction?

Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven?

The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven at auction is £540. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £560, with a high of £4,600 and a low of £460. 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 Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £460 to £4,600 (median £560).

Where can I sell Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven?

Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven 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 £560 (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 Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven a good investment?

Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven has appeared in 20 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £560. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven?

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 £540, 24-month median £560 — 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 Bruichladdich 1986 30 Year Old Rare Cask Series The Magnificent Seven that hammers at £540 would cost the buyer approximately £680 all-in including buyer's premium.

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