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Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance

£1,800
▲ 28.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

68

Houses

2

Last sold

219 days ago

Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain. Based on 68 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,600, with the most recent sale at £1,800. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £540 (low) to £2,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance is £1,603–£1,997 (±11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance is up 28.6%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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 1968 Auld Acquaintance is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1968.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1968), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as acquaintanceauld, 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
Bunnahabhain
Vintage
1968
Edition
Auld Acquaintance
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,800

24-month median

£1,600

24-month high

£2,200

24-month low

£540

Estimated value · likely range

£1,603–£1,997 ±11%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

219 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£1,600

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 Auctions56£1,800£1,600
Whisky Hammer7£1,525£1,625
▼ 14.3%vs 6 months ago
▲ 28.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£524£1,395£2,266Jun 13Oct 16Oct 18Sept 20Jul 23Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£1,8002
July 2025£1,8002
October 2024£1,7002
January 2024£1,7002
November 2023£2,0002
July 2023£2,1002
October 2022£2,1002
December 2021£2,0002
February 2021£1,7002
October 2020£1,5002
September 2020£1,4002
March 2020£1,4001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance at auction?

Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance appeared in 4 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 19% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance at auction is £1,800. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,600, with a high of £2,200 and a low of £540. 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 1968 Auld Acquaintance changed in value over the past year?

Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance is up 28.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance?

Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance 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 £1,600 (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 1968 Auld Acquaintance a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bunnahabhain 1968 Auld Acquaintance has moved up 28.6%, with a current median hammer price of £1,600. The bottle has been observed at auction across 68 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 1968 Auld Acquaintance?

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 £1,800, 24-month median £1,600 — 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 1968 Auld Acquaintance that hammers at £1,800 would cost the buyer approximately £2,268 all-in including buyer's premium.

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