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Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s

£165

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

4 days ago

Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland aged 28 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £165. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £165 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s is £152–£178 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 Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1986.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1986), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • 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
Highland
Age
28 years
Vintage
1986
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£165

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£220

24-month low

£165

Estimated value · likely range

£152–£178 ±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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

4 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£160£193£227May 25Jul 25Dec 25Jan 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1652
January 2026£1702
December 2025£1802
August 2025£1802
July 2025£2202
May 2025£1902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s at auction?

Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 14% 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 Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s?

The latest hammer price for Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s at auction is £165. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £220 and a low of £165. 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 Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £165 to £220 (median £180).

Where can I sell Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s?

Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s 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 £180 (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 Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s a good investment?

Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £180. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Highland Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s?

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 £165, 24-month median £180 — 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 Single Malt 1986 28 Year Old Chieftain’s that hammers at £165 would cost the buyer approximately £208 all-in including buyer's premium.

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