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Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask

£95

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 23 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £105, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

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About Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1997.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bunnahabhain
Expression
1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask
Age
23 years
Vintage
1997
Edition
Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£105

24-month high

£110

24-month low

£95

Estimated value · likely range

£87–£103 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£92£103£113Apr 21Dec 22Sept 24Apr 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£951
July 2026£1101
April 2025£1001
September 2024£1101
December 2022£1101
April 2021£1001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask at auction?

Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask 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). 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 Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £105, with a high of £110 and a low of £95. 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 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £95 to £110 (median £105).

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask?

Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden 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 £105 (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 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask a good investment?

Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £105. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bunnahabhain 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask?

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 £95, 24-month median £105 — 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 1997 23 Year Old The Golden Cask that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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