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Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old

£440
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

66

Houses

2

Last sold

13 days ago

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney aged 33 years. Based on 66 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £420, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £290 (low) to £528 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is £405–£475 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of +10% (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 Old Pulteney

Old Pulteney is a whisky distillery. Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 33 years old, distilled in 1983.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 33-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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 Pulteney
Age
33 years
Vintage
1983
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£440

24-month median

£420

24-month high

£528

24-month low

£290

Estimated value · likely range

£405–£475 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

13 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£420

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions57£440£420
whisky.auction1£675£675
10%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£281£412£543May 18Mar 20May 21Mar 22Jun 23Oct 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4401
July 2026£4302
June 2026£4201
May 2026£5282
January 2026£4202
December 2025£4602
October 2025£4002
September 2025£4402
April 2025£3802
October 2023£4802
August 2023£5002
June 2023£5202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old at auction?

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £420, with a high of £528 and a low of £290. 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 Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 10%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old?

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old 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 £420 (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 Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £420. The bottle has been observed at auction across 66 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 Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old?

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 £440, 24-month median £420 — 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 Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.

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