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Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength

£460

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength is a collectable Scotch whisky from Blair Athol. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £650, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £380 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength is £366–£554 20% around the latest sale).

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About Blair Athol

Blair Athol is a whisky distillery. Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), 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
Blair Athol
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£460

24-month median

£650

24-month high

£850

24-month low

£380

Estimated value · likely range

£366–£554 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£369£622£876Oct 19Jun 21Aug 22Jun 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£4601
June 2023£3801
August 2022£6501
June 2021£8501
October 2019£7252

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength at auction?

Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength?

The latest hammer price for Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £650, with a high of £850 and a low of £380. 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 Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £380 to £850 (median £650).

Where can I sell Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength?

Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength 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 £650 (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 Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength a good investment?

Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £650. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength?

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 £460, 24-month median £650 — 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 Flora & Fauna Blair Athol 1981 Cask Strength that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.

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