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Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage

£60
6.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

127

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage is a collectable Scotch whisky from Famous Grouse. Based on 127 recorded auction lots across 51 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage is £48–£72 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage is up 6.7%, 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 1989 Vintage is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), 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
1989
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£60

24-month median

£55

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£48–£72 ±20%

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

37% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
6.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£79£134Jun 13Sept 17Jan 19Jun 20Oct 22Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£601
March 2026£752
February 2026£652
May 2025£602
February 2025£604
September 2024£502
February 2024£602
January 2024£552
December 2023£802
November 2023£552
September 2023£504
August 2023£652

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage at auction?

Famous Grouse 1989 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 down 37% 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 1989 Vintage?

The latest hammer price for Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £130 and a low of £25. 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 1989 Vintage changed in value over the past year?

Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage is up 6.7% 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 1989 Vintage?

Famous Grouse 1989 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 £55 (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 1989 Vintage a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Famous Grouse 1989 Vintage has moved up 6.7%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 127 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 1989 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 £60, 24-month median £55 — 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 1989 Vintage that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.

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