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Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974)

£3,000

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

29 days ago

Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Martin Mills aged 24 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £3,250, with the most recent sale at £3,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,000 (low) to £3,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) is £2,760–£3,240 8% around the latest sale).

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About Martin Mills

Martin Mills is a whisky distillery. Martin Mills 1974 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon is an age-stated bottling at 24 years old, distilled in 1974.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 24-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Martin Mills
Expression
1974 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon
Age
24 years
Vintage
1974
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£3,000

24-month median

£3,250

24-month high

£3,500

24-month low

£3,000

Estimated value · likely range

£2,760–£3,240 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

29 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£2,910£3,258£3,605Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£3,0001
July 2026£3,5001

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) at auction?

Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) 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 puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974)?

The latest hammer price for Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) at auction is £3,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £3,250, with a high of £3,500 and a low of £3,000. 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 Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £3,000 to £3,500 (median £3,250).

Where can I sell Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974)?

Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) 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 £3,250 (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 Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) a good investment?

Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £3,250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974)?

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 £3,000, 24-month median £3,250 — 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 Martin Mills 24 Year Old Straight Bourbon (1974) that hammers at £3,000 would cost the buyer approximately £3,780 all-in including buyer's premium.

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