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Oban70cl

Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram)

£560

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

130 days ago

Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban aged 19 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £460, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is £487–£633 13% around the latest sale).

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About Oban

Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) 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 drammanager, 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
19 years
Edition
Manager Dram
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£560

24-month median

£460

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£360

Estimated value · likely range

£487–£633 ±13%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

130 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£349£484£618Jan 22Jun 22Aug 24Mar 25Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£5602
January 2026£4401
November 2025£4601
March 2025£3801
September 2024£4401
August 2024£4501
November 2022£5001
September 2022£5601
June 2022£5801
February 2022£6001
January 2022£3601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction?

Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) appeared in 4 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 22% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

The latest hammer price for Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £460, with a high of £600 and a low of £360. 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 - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £360 to £600 (median £460).

Where can I sell Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) 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 £460 (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 - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) a good investment?

Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £460. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Oban - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

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 £560, 24-month median £460 — 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 - 19 Year Old (Manager's Dram) that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.

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