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Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae

£100
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 15 lots a year

Auction lots

111

Houses

2

Last sold

4 days ago

Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland Park aged 17 years. Based on 111 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £105, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae is £92–£108 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +11.1% (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 17 Year Old John Rae is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as johnrae, 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
17 years
Edition
John Rae
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£105

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£92–£108 ±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

15 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

4 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£105

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 Auctions59£120£100
Whisky Hammer16£120£115
11.1%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£134£185Aug 22Feb 23Aug 23Mar 24Feb 25Nov 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1002
July 2026£1052
May 2026£951
April 2026£852
February 2026£1101
December 2025£904
November 2025£902
October 2025£1001
August 2025£1202
June 2025£1003
May 2025£1201
April 2025£998

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae at auction?

Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae appeared in 15 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 25% 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae?

The latest hammer price for Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £105, with a high of £180 and a low of £85. 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 17 Year Old John Rae changed in value over the past year?

Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 11.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae?

Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae 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 £105 (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 17 Year Old John Rae a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Highland Park 17 Year Old John Rae has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £105. The bottle has been observed at auction across 111 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 17 Year Old John Rae?

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 £100, 24-month median £105 — 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 17 Year Old John Rae that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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