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Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice

£250
42.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

208 days ago

Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Coleburn. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is £225–£275 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is up 42.9%, with a 6-month trend of -7.4% (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 Coleburn

Coleburn is a whisky distillery. Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Coleburn
Vintage
1972
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£250

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£175

Estimated value · likely range

£225–£275 ±10%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

208 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.4%vs 6 months ago
42.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£170£250£330Apr 17Oct 18Jul 19Mar 23Apr 24Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£2502
December 2025£2502
September 2025£2802
September 2024£2702
April 2024£3104
March 2024£3202
March 2023£2702
October 2019£2202
July 2019£2002
June 2019£2002
October 2018£2202
March 2018£2202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 14% 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 Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £320 and a low of £175. 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 Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is up 42.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £250 (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 Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice has moved up 42.9%, with a current median hammer price of £250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £250, 24-month median £250 — 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 Coleburn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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