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Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage

£75
28.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

147

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage is a collectable Scotch whisky from Famous Grouse. Based on 147 recorded auction lots across 51 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £65, with the most recent sale at £75. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £30 (low) to £95 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage is £64–£86 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage is up 28.6%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Famous Grouse

Famous Grouse is a whisky distillery. Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1987.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1987), 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
Famous Grouse
Vintage
1987
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£75

24-month median

£65

24-month high

£95

24-month low

£30

Estimated value · likely range

£64–£86 ±14%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
28.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£29£63£98May 13Nov 17Jan 20Dec 21Apr 23Jul 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£751
December 2025£684
July 2025£652
March 2025£652
August 2024£752
May 2024£754
March 2024£752
January 2024£802
July 2023£702
June 2023£454
April 2023£552
January 2023£834

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage at auction?

Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage appeared in 5 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 up 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage?

The latest hammer price for Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage at auction is £75. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £65, with a high of £95 and a low of £30. 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 Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage changed in value over the past year?

Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage is up 28.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage?

Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage 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 £65 (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 Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage has moved up 28.6%, with a current median hammer price of £65. The bottle has been observed at auction across 147 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 Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage?

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 £75, 24-month median £65 — 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 Famous Grouse 1987 Vintage that hammers at £75 would cost the buyer approximately £95 all-in including buyer's premium.

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