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Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram)

£1,275
21.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

81 days ago

Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Clynelish aged 17 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,457, with the most recent sale at £1,275. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £900 (low) to £2,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is £1,132–£1,418 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is down 21.5%, with a 6-month trend of +15.9% (up). 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 Clynelish

Clynelish is a whisky distillery. Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as drammanager, 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
Clynelish
Age
17 years
Edition
Manager Dram
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,275

24-month median

£1,457

24-month high

£2,100

24-month low

£900

Estimated value · likely range

£1,132–£1,418 ±11%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15.9%vs 6 months ago
21.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£873£1,518£2,163Oct 21Jul 22Dec 22Dec 23Jul 24Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1,2751
May 2026£1,3194
April 2026£1,4133
November 2025£1,3751
September 2024£9001
July 2024£1,1751
June 2024£1,1001
December 2023£1,5751
August 2023£2,1001
December 2022£1,5001
November 2022£1,5751
July 2022£2,0001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction?

Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) 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 puts it in the top 9% 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 Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

The latest hammer price for Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction is £1,275. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,457, with a high of £2,100 and a low of £900. 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 Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) changed in value over the past year?

Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is down 21.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 15.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) 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 £1,457 (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 Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) has moved down 21.5%, with a current median hammer price of £1,457. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

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 £1,275, 24-month median £1,457 — 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 Clynelish - 17 Year Old (Manager's Dram) that hammers at £1,275 would cost the buyer approximately £1,607 all-in including buyer's premium.

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