latest hammer price
Auction lots
18
Houses
1
Last sold
471 days ago
Oban 2003 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £42 (low) to £80 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban 2003 Distillers Edition is £48–£62 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Oban 2003 Distillers Edition is up 22.2%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.
Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban 2003 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2003.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2003), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as Oban 2003 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.
Latest sale
£55
24-month median
£55
24-month high
£80
24-month low
£42
Estimated value · likely range
£48–£62 ±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.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
471 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £55 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £60 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £50 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £60 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £55 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £45 | 2 |
| May 2021 | £55 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £80 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £80 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £50 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £45 | 2 |
| November 2018 | £42 | 3 |
Oban 2003 Distillers Edition appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Oban 2003 Distillers Edition at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £80 and a low of £42. 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.
Oban 2003 Distillers Edition is up 22.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Oban 2003 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 £55 (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 Oban 2003 Distillers Edition has moved up 22.2%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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 £55, 24-month median £55 — 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 Oban 2003 Distillers Edition that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.
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