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Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance

£460

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

23

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 34 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £460, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £380 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance is £423–£498 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance is an age-stated bottling at 34 years old, distilled in 1986.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1986), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 34-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as acquaintancenew, 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
Age
34 years
Vintage
1986
Edition
New Acquaintance
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£460

24-month median

£460

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£380

Estimated value · likely range

£423–£498 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

▲ 0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 15% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£460

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 Auctions23£460£460
Whisky Hammer5£340£420
▲ 4.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£369£519£670Jan 21Nov 21Mar 23Jun 25Mar 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£4601
March 2026£4002
July 2025£3802
June 2025£4602
January 2024£4602
July 2023£4202
June 2023£4402
March 2023£4802
April 2022£5402
November 2021£5002
February 2021£5402
January 2021£6502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance at auction?

Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 15% 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 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £460, with a high of £650 and a low of £380. 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 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £380 to £650 (median £460).

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance?

Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New 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 £460 (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 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance a good investment?

Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance has appeared in 23 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £460. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bunnahabhain 1986 34 Year Old New 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 £460, 24-month median £460 — 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 1986 34 Year Old New Acquaintance that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.

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