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Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1

£420
61.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

40

Houses

2

Last sold

145 days ago

Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 26 years. Based on 40 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 is £368–£473 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 is up 61.5%, with a 6-month trend of +31.3% (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 Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as artblackseq06, 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
26 years
Vintage
1990
Edition
Black Art
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£260

24-month high

£420

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£368–£473 ±13%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£260

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 Auctions29£420£260
Whisky Hammer1£210£210
31.3%vs 6 months ago
61.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£318£433Sept 18Aug 19Jun 20Apr 21Feb 22Dec 22Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£4201
February 2026£2101
July 2025£2901
December 2023£2901
June 2023£2901
April 2023£3401
February 2023£3201
January 2023£3201
December 2022£2601
September 2022£2801
June 2022£2601
March 2022£2901

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 at auction?

Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 39% 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 Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1?

The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £420 and a low of £210. 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 Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 changed in value over the past year?

Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 is up 61.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 31.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1?

Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 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 £260 (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 Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bruichladdich Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 has moved up 61.5%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 40 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 Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1?

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 £420, 24-month median £260 — 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 Black Art 1990 26 Year Old Edition 06.1 that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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