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Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society

£170
29.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

18

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland aged 33 years. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society is £153–£187 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society is down 29.2%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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

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 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society is an age-stated bottling at 33 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 33-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
33 years
Vintage
1988
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£153–£187 ±10%

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

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
29.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£211£258Dec 22Mar 23Jun 23Dec 23Apr 24Jul 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1701
March 2025£1701
July 2024£1801
June 2024£1752
April 2024£1801
January 2024£1901
December 2023£1701
September 2023£1901
June 2023£1801
May 2023£2334
March 2023£2501
February 2023£2102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society at auction?

Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society 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 Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society?

The latest hammer price for Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £250 and a low of £170. 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 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society changed in value over the past year?

Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society is down 29.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society?

Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society 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 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Highland Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society has moved down 29.2%, with a current median hammer price of £180. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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 Single Malt 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society?

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 £170, 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 1988 33 Year Old Wine Society that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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