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Oban70cl

Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary)

£920

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

130 days ago

Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban aged 16 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £960, with the most recent sale at £920. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £880 (low) to £1,325 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) is £846–£994 8% around the latest sale).

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About Oban

Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 200thanniversarydrammanager, 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
Age
16 years
Edition
Manager Dram 200th Anniversary
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£920

24-month median

£960

24-month high

£1,325

24-month low

£880

Estimated value · likely range

£846–£994 ±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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

130 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

4.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£854£1,109£1,365Jan 22Oct 22Jul 23Sept 24Nov 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£9202
March 2026£1,0502
November 2025£9401
December 2024£9601
September 2024£1,3251
July 2023£9601
November 2022£8801
October 2022£1,0251
January 2022£9001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) at auction?

Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) appeared in 5 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 17% 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 Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary)?

The latest hammer price for Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) at auction is £920. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £960, with a high of £1,325 and a low of £880. 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 Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £880 to £1,325 (median £960).

Where can I sell Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary)?

Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) 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 £960 (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 Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) a good investment?

Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £960. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary)?

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 £920, 24-month median £960 — 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 Oban - 16 Year Old (Manager's Dram, 200th Anniversary) that hammers at £920 would cost the buyer approximately £1,159 all-in including buyer's premium.

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