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Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma

£60

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cadenhead’s aged 25 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £60, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £75 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma is £55–£65 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Cadenhead’s

Cadenhead’s is a whisky distillery. Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma, 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
Cadenhead’s
Expression
1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma
Age
25 years
Vintage
1998
Edition
Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£60

24-month median

£60

24-month high

£75

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£55–£65 ±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

Trend

▼ 82% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 20%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£65£77Sept 24Nov 24Jan 25May 25May 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£601
May 2026£601
June 2025£601
May 2025£601
April 2025£601
March 2025£653
February 2025£751
January 2025£601
December 2024£551
November 2024£602
October 2024£701
September 2024£701

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma at auction?

Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma 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 is down 82% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 36% 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 Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma?

The latest hammer price for Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £60, with a high of £75 and a low of £55. 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 Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £55 to £75 (median £60).

Where can I sell Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma?

Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma 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 £60 (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 Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma a good investment?

Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £60. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma?

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 £60, 24-month median £60 — 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 Cadenhead’s 1998 25 Year Old Blend Enigma that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.

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