Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky is a collectable Scotch whisky from Linkwood aged 22 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £90, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £140 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky is £105–£175 (±25% around the latest sale).
Linkwood is a whisky distillery. Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky is an age-stated bottling at 22 years old, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 22-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as findhard, 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
£140
24-month median
£90
24-month high
£140
24-month low
£60
Estimated value · likely range
£105–£175 ±25%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £140 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £120 | 1 |
| September 2017 | £90 | 1 |
| April 2015 | £75 | 1 |
| May 2014 | £60 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £90, with a high of £140 and a low of £60. 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 Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £60 to £140 (median £90).
Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky 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 £90 (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%.
Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £90. 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 £140, 24-month median £90 — 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 Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.
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