latest hammer price
Auction lots
16
Houses
1
Last sold
389 days ago
Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 25 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £165, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask is £148–£272 (±30% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask is up 147.1%, 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.
Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1979.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask, 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.
Latest sale
£210
24-month median
£165
24-month high
£240
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£148–£272 ±30%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
389 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £215 | 2 |
| March 2024 | £240 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £190 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £230 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £130 | 1 |
| September 2018 | £210 | 1 |
| May 2018 | £175 | 1 |
| December 2017 | £125 | 1 |
| November 2017 | £105 | 1 |
| February 2017 | £165 | 1 |
| November 2016 | £120 | 1 |
More from Bunnahabhain
Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £165, with a high of £240 and a low of £80. 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.
Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask is up 147.1% 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.
Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask 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 £165 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Bunnahabhain 1979 25 Year Old First Cask has moved up 147.1%, with a current median hammer price of £165. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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.
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 £210, 24-month median £165 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1979 25 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.
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