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Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old

£675

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

2

Last sold

14 days ago

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney aged 33 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £675, with the most recent sale at £675. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £675 (low) to £675 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old is £574–£776 15% around the latest sale).

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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

£675

24-month median

£675

24-month high

£675

24-month low

£675

Estimated value · likely range

£574–£776 ±15%

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

14 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

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £675 in May 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£6751

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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 29,926 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 £675. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £675, with a high of £675 and a low of £675. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £675 to £675 (median £675).

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 £675 (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?

Old Pulteney 1983 Vintage 33 Year Old has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £675. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £675, 24-month median £675 — 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 £675 would cost the buyer approximately £851 all-in including buyer's premium.

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