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Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release

£90
25%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

38

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Fettercairn aged 16 years. Based on 38 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £90. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £63 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release is £76–£104 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release is down 25%, with a 6-month trend of +12.5% (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 Fettercairn

Fettercairn is a whisky distillery. Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2020), 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
Fettercairn
Age
16 years
Vintage
2020
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£90

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£63

Estimated value · likely range

£76–£104 ±16%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12.5%vs 6 months ago
25%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£61£92£124Aug 20Mar 21Oct 21May 22Dec 23Oct 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£902
November 2025£752
January 2025£652
November 2024£656
October 2024£702
September 2024£1102
December 2023£802
November 2022£634
May 2022£652
January 2022£702
October 2021£802
September 2021£934

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release at auction?

Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release appeared in 4 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 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release?

The latest hammer price for Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release at auction is £90. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £120 and a low of £63. 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 Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release changed in value over the past year?

Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release is down 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release?

Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release 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 £75 (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 Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release has moved down 25%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 38 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 Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release?

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 £90, 24-month median £75 — 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 Fettercairn 16 Year Old 2020 1st Release that hammers at £90 would cost the buyer approximately £113 all-in including buyer's premium.

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