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Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl

£65
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

143

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Forester. Based on 143 recorded auction lots across 55 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £70, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £140 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl is £60–£70 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of -7.1% (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.

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About Old Forester

Old Forester is a whisky distillery. Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1920.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1920), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Old Forester
Vintage
1920
Bottle size
750ml

Latest sale

£65

24-month median

£70

24-month high

£140

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£60–£70 ±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

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.1%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£99£144Apr 19Feb 20Aug 21May 22Mar 23Jan 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£651
March 2026£602
December 2025£602
June 2025£704
October 2024£652
August 2024£702
June 2024£702
March 2024£552
February 2024£652
January 2024£652
November 2023£652
October 2023£634

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl at auction?

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl 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 is down 17% on the previous 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 Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £70, with a high of £140 and a low of £55. 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 Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl changed in value over the past year?

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl?

Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl 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 £70 (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 Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £70. The bottle has been observed at auction across 143 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 Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl?

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 £65, 24-month median £70 — 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 Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon 75cl that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.

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