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Fettercairn 28 Year Old

£340
25.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

52

Houses

2

Last sold

42 days ago

Fettercairn 28 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Fettercairn aged 28 years. Based on 52 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £300, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Fettercairn 28 Year Old is £313–£367 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Fettercairn 28 Year Old is up 25.9%, with a 6-month trend of -12.8% (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 Fettercairn

Fettercairn is a whisky distillery. Fettercairn 28 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
28 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£340

24-month median

£300

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£313–£367 ±8%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

250% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

42 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£300

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions31£340£290
Whisky Hammer13£300£300
12.8%vs 6 months ago
25.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£318£412Feb 20Nov 21Sept 22Jan 24Dec 24Nov 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£3401
March 2026£2906
February 2026£2302
December 2025£3001
November 2025£3251
October 2025£3403
July 2025£3901
February 2025£2501
December 2024£2802
August 2024£3404
April 2024£4002
February 2024£3202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Fettercairn 28 Year Old at auction?

Fettercairn 28 Year Old appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 250% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 28 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Fettercairn 28 Year Old at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £300, with a high of £400 and a low of £230. 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 28 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Fettercairn 28 Year Old is up 25.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Fettercairn 28 Year Old?

Fettercairn 28 Year Old 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 £300 (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 28 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Fettercairn 28 Year Old has moved up 25.9%, with a current median hammer price of £300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 52 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 28 Year Old?

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 £340, 24-month median £300 — 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 28 Year Old that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.

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