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Oban 1999 Distillers Edition

£75
▲ 7.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Oban 1999 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £65, with the most recent sale at £75. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £95 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban 1999 Distillers Edition is £66–£84 (±12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Oban 1999 Distillers Edition is up 7.1%, with a 6-month trend of +7.1% (up). 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.

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About Oban

Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban 1999 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Oban 1999 Distillers Edition, 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
1999 Distillers Edition
Vintage
1999
Edition
Oban 1999 Distillers Edition
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£75

24-month median

£65

24-month high

£95

24-month low

£45

Estimated value · likely range

£66–£84 ±12%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 7.1%vs 6 months ago
▲ 7.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£44£71£98Sept 16Aug 18Jan 20Jan 22Oct 22Oct 23Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£751
September 2026£652
April 2024£651
October 2023£651
February 2023£651
October 2022£951
July 2022£701
January 2022£951
August 2020£582
July 2020£751
June 2020£601
January 2020£552

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Oban 1999 Distillers Edition at auction?

Oban 1999 Distillers Edition appeared in 3 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 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Oban 1999 Distillers Edition?

The latest hammer price for Oban 1999 Distillers Edition at auction is £75. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £65, with a high of £95 and a low of £45. 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 1999 Distillers Edition changed in value over the past year?

Oban 1999 Distillers Edition is up 7.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 7.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Oban 1999 Distillers Edition?

Oban 1999 Distillers Edition 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 £65 (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 1999 Distillers Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Oban 1999 Distillers Edition has moved up 7.1%, with a current median hammer price of £65. 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Oban 1999 Distillers Edition?

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 £75, 24-month median £65 — 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 1999 Distillers Edition that hammers at £75 would cost the buyer approximately £95 all-in including buyer's premium.

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