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Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley

£40
11.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 18 lots a year

Auction lots

70

Houses

1

Last sold

8 days ago

Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich. Based on 70 recorded auction lots across 26 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £45, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £36 (low) to £65 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley is £37–£43 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley is down 11.1%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2013.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2013), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as barleyislay, 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
Vintage
2013
Edition
Islay Barley
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£45

24-month high

£65

24-month low

£36

Estimated value · likely range

£37–£43 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

18 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

44% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 4% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
11.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£35£51£67Nov 22Nov 23Nov 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£404
July 2026£502
May 2026£401
April 2026£401
January 2026£402
December 2025£452
November 2025£402
October 2025£602
September 2025£402
August 2025£652
July 2025£368
June 2025£452

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley at auction?

Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley appeared in 18 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 44% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 4% 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 2013 Islay Barley?

The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £45, with a high of £65 and a low of £36. 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 2013 Islay Barley changed in value over the past year?

Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley is down 11.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley?

Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley 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 £45 (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 2013 Islay Barley a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley has moved down 11.1%, with a current median hammer price of £45. The bottle has been observed at auction across 70 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 Bruichladdich 2013 Islay Barley?

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 £40, 24-month median £45 — 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 2013 Islay Barley that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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