latest hammer price
Auction lots
19
Houses
1
Last sold
355 days ago
North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign is a collectable Scotch whisky from North British aged 21 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £38 (low) to £65 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign is £41–£49 (±9% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign is up 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of -30.8% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
North British is a whisky distillery. North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign, 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
£45
24-month median
£50
24-month high
£65
24-month low
£38
Estimated value · likely range
£41–£49 ±9%
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
1 lot
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 98% of tracked bottles
Last seen
355 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | £45 | 1 |
| November 2020 | £40 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £50 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £65 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £50 | 1 |
| July 2020 | £55 | 1 |
| March 2020 | £65 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £50 | 1 |
| December 2019 | £45 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £50 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £55 | 1 |
| September 2019 | £60 | 1 |
More from North British
North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £65 and a low of £38. 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.
North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign is up 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 30.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign 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 £50 (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%.
Over the past 12 months North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign has moved up 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £50. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.
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 £45, 24-month median £50 — 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 North British 1996 21 Year Old The Sovereign that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.
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