latest hammer price
Auction lots
11
Houses
1
Last sold
426 days ago
Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial aged 24 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £247, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation is £230–£270 (±8% around the latest sale).
Imperial is a whisky distillery. Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation is an age-stated bottling at 24 years old, distilled in 1996.
Closed / ghost distillery
Imperial was demolished in 2013, so its surviving bottlings are finite.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 24-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation, 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.
Latest sale
£250
24-month median
£247
24-month high
£320
24-month low
£210
Estimated value · likely range
£230–£270 ±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.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
426 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £250 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £240 | 1 |
| February 2022 | £260 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £220 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £210 | 2 |
| May 2021 | £320 | 1 |
| April 2021 | £260 | 1 |
| February 2021 | £243 | 3 |
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Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £247, with a high of £320 and a low of £210. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £320 (median £247).
Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation 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 £247 (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%.
Imperial 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £247. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £250, 24-month median £247 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1996 24 Year Old Single Cask Nation that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.
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