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Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros

£180

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland aged 27 years. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £215, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £233 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros is £166–£194 8% around the latest sale).

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About Highland

Highland names a Scotch whisky region — the Highlands — rather than a single distillery: this is an undisclosed-distillery bottling that discloses only its region of origin. Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1994.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 27-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
Highland
Age
27 years
Vintage
1994
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£215

24-month high

£233

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£166–£194 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£207£240Apr 21Apr 22Sept 22Aug 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1802
August 2025£2002
November 2022£2202
September 2022£2102
April 2022£2054
July 2021£2202
May 2021£2202
April 2021£2336

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction?

Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros?

The latest hammer price for Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £215, with a high of £233 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.

How much has Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £233 (median £215).

Where can I sell Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros?

Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 £215 (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 Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros a good investment?

Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros has appeared in 22 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £215. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros?

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 £180, 24-month median £215 — 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 Highland 1994 27 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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