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Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old

£98
0.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 43 lots a year

Auction lots

445

Houses

2

Last sold

7 days ago

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 18 years. Based on 445 recorded auction lots across 100 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £98, with the most recent sale at £98. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is £90–£105 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is up 0.9%, with a 6-month trend of -11.4% (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 Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Bunnahabhain
Expression
18 Year Old
Age
18 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£98

24-month median

£98

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£90–£105 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

43 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

7 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£99

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 Auctions191£90£98
Whisky Hammer22£120£100
11.4%vs 6 months ago
0.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£125£196Aug 13Dec 17Jul 19May 21Jan 23Oct 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£984
July 2026£1203
June 2026£1054
May 2026£1001
April 2026£908
March 2026£902
February 2026£1107
January 2026£1102
November 2025£1603
October 2025£1204
September 2025£1005
August 2025£1156

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old at auction?

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old appeared in 43 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 25% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old at auction is £98. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £98, with a high of £190 and a low of £55. 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 Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is up 0.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old?

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old 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 £98 (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 Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old has moved up 0.9%, with a current median hammer price of £98. The bottle has been observed at auction across 445 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 Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old?

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 £98, 24-month median £98 — 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 Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old that hammers at £98 would cost the buyer approximately £123 all-in including buyer's premium.

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