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Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old

£530

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban aged 19 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £480, with the most recent sale at £530. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £530 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old is £469–£591 11% around the latest sale).

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About Oban

Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 19 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 19-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old, 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
Oban
Expression
Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old
Age
19 years
Edition
Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£530

24-month median

£480

24-month high

£530

24-month low

£420

Estimated value · likely range

£469–£591 ±11%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£407£477£546Oct 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5302
November 2024£4202
October 2024£4801

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old at auction?

Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old appeared in 2 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 down 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% 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 Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old at auction is £530. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £480, with a high of £530 and a low of £420. 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 Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £420 to £530 (median £480).

Where can I sell Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old?

Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old 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 £480 (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 Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old a good investment?

Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £480. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old?

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 £530, 24-month median £480 — 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 Manager’s Dram Oban 19 Year Old that hammers at £530 would cost the buyer approximately £668 all-in including buyer's premium.

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