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Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance

£400

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

193 days ago

Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 30 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £400, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £340 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance is £368–£433 8% around the latest sale).

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About Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-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
30 years
Vintage
1988
Edition
New Acquaintance
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£400

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£340

Estimated value · likely range

£368–£433 ±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

193 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

11.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£330£433£536Jan 22May 22Feb 23Jun 24Dec 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£4002
December 2024£3401
June 2024£5201
February 2023£4001
August 2022£3501
May 2022£4301
January 2022£4501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance at auction?

Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance 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 - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £400, with a high of £520 and a low of £340. 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 - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £340 to £520 (median £400).

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance?

Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) 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 £400 (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 - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance a good investment?

Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £400. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bunnahabhain - 30 Year Old (1988) 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 £400, 24-month median £400 — 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 - 30 Year Old (1988) New Acquaintance that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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