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Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor)

£290
11.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 32 lots a year

Auction lots

434

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland Park aged 16 years. Based on 434 recorded auction lots across 91 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £367, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) is £254–£326 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) is up 11.5%, with a 6-month trend of +39.8% (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 Highland Park

Highland Park is a whisky distillery. Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as thor, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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 Park
Age
16 years
Edition
Thor
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£367

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£254–£326 ±13%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

32 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

220% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£360

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 Auctions170£290£373
Whisky Hammer22£340£270
39.8%vs 6 months ago
11.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£126£351£577Jul 13Jan 18May 19Dec 20Dec 22Oct 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2901
July 2026£2205
June 2026£2201
May 2026£2604
April 2026£2802
March 2026£2703
February 2026£2082
January 2026£2403
December 2025£2255
November 2025£3202
October 2025£1602
September 2025£2902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) at auction?

Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) appeared in 32 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 220% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 Park - 16 Year Old (Thor)?

The latest hammer price for Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £367, with a high of £560 and a low of £130. 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 Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) changed in value over the past year?

Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) is up 11.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 39.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor)?

Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) 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 £367 (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 Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) has moved up 11.5%, with a current median hammer price of £367. The bottle has been observed at auction across 434 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 Highland Park - 16 Year Old (Thor)?

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 £290, 24-month median £367 — 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 Park - 16 Year Old (Thor) that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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