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Bushmills 21 Year Old

£95
20.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

190

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Bushmills 21 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bushmills aged 21 years. Based on 190 recorded auction lots across 74 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bushmills 21 Year Old is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bushmills 21 Year Old is down 20.8%, with a 6-month trend of -26.9% (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 Bushmills

Bushmills is a whisky distillery. Bushmills 21 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Bushmills
Age
21 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£210

24-month low

£60

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

26.9%vs 6 months ago
20.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£58£137£216Nov 14Feb 17Aug 18Nov 19Apr 22Jan 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£951
July 2026£951
June 2026£1101
April 2026£951
March 2026£902
December 2025£1102
July 2025£1302
March 2025£1602
October 2024£1304
July 2024£1102
May 2024£1102
March 2024£1202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bushmills 21 Year Old at auction?

Bushmills 21 Year Old appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bushmills 21 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Bushmills 21 Year Old at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £210 and a low of £60. 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 Bushmills 21 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Bushmills 21 Year Old is down 20.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 26.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bushmills 21 Year Old?

Bushmills 21 Year Old 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 £110 (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 Bushmills 21 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bushmills 21 Year Old has moved down 20.8%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 190 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 Bushmills 21 Year Old?

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 £110 — 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 Bushmills 21 Year Old that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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