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Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange

£270

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial aged 25 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £270. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is £248–£292 8% around the latest sale).

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About Imperial

Imperial is a whisky distillery. Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1995.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Imperial was demolished in 2013, so its surviving bottlings are finite.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1995), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as exchange, 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
Imperial
Age
25 years
Vintage
1995
Edition
Exchange
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£270

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£270

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£248–£292 ±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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£223£251£278Nov 24Sept 25Dec 25Feb 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2701
February 2026£2302
December 2025£2502
September 2025£2402
November 2024£2502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange at auction?

Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 13% 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 Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

The latest hammer price for Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange at auction is £270. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £270 and a low of £230. 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 Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £230 to £270 (median £250).

Where can I sell Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange 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 £250 (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 Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange a good investment?

Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

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 £270, 24-month median £250 — 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 Imperial 1995 25 Year Old The Whisky Exchange that hammers at £270 would cost the buyer approximately £340 all-in including buyer's premium.

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