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Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel

£95

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

355 days ago

Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cambus aged 30 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

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About Cambus

Cambus is a whisky distillery. Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel 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 Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel, 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
Cambus
Expression
1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel
Age
30 years
Vintage
1988
Edition
Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£150

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

355 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£92£123£155Aug 21May 23Nov 23Dec 24May 25Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2025£951
May 2025£1501
December 2024£1201
November 2023£1201
May 2023£1201
August 2021£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel at auction?

Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel?

The latest hammer price for Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £150 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 Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £95 to £150 (median £120).

Where can I sell Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel?

Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel 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 £120 (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 Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel a good investment?

Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £120. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel?

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 £120 — 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 Cambus 1988 30 Year Old The Sovereign For The Whisky Barrel that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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