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Bushmills Black Bush

£20
20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

89

Houses

2

Last sold

81 days ago

Bushmills Black Bush is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bushmills Black Bush. Based on 89 recorded auction lots across 41 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £25, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £10 (low) to £70 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bushmills Black Bush is £18–£22 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bushmills Black Bush is down 20%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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 Black Bush

Bushmills Black Bush is a whisky distillery. Bushmills Black Bush is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Bushmills Black Bush is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Bushmills Black Bush rather than by built-in rarity.

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 Black Bush
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£25

24-month high

£70

24-month low

£10

Estimated value · likely range

£18–£22 ±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

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£25

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 Auctions65£20£25
Whisky Hammer8£20£20
33.3%vs 6 months ago
20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£10£41£72Nov 13Dec 17Nov 19Sept 21Oct 22Dec 23Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£201
May 2026£201
April 2026£201
November 2025£202
October 2025£202
September 2025£252
July 2025£302
January 2025£284
July 2024£304
May 2024£202
December 2023£252
November 2023£303

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bushmills Black Bush at auction?

Bushmills Black Bush appeared in 9 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 50% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 9% 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 Black Bush?

The latest hammer price for Bushmills Black Bush at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £25, with a high of £70 and a low of £10. 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 Black Bush changed in value over the past year?

Bushmills Black Bush is down 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bushmills Black Bush?

Bushmills Black Bush 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 £25 (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 Black Bush a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bushmills Black Bush has moved down 20%, with a current median hammer price of £25. The bottle has been observed at auction across 89 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 Black Bush?

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 £20, 24-month median £25 — 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 Black Bush that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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