Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is a collectable Scotch whisky from Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's aged 31 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £280 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is £200–£240 (±9% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is down 21.4%, with a 6-month trend of +2.3% (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.
Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is a whisky distillery. Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is an age-stated bottling at 31 years old, distilled in 1988.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 31-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by cadenhead, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.
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.
Latest sale
£220
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£280
24-month low
£180
Estimated value · likely range
£200–£240 ±9%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £220 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £180 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £220 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £240 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £230 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £200 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £215 | 2 |
| February 2023 | £250 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £250 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £220 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £195 | 2 |
| April 2022 | £210 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £280 and a low of £180. 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.
Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's is down 21.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 2.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's 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 £220 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's has moved down 21.4%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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.
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 £220, 24-month median £220 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.
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