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Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage

£190
11.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

209

Houses

1

Last sold

14 days ago

Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney. Based on 209 recorded auction lots across 55 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £233, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £330 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage is £171–£209 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage is up 11.8%, with a 6-month trend of -17.4% (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 Pulteney

Old Pulteney is a whisky distillery. Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Vintage
1989
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£233

24-month high

£330

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£171–£209 ±10%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

17.4%vs 6 months ago
11.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£248£340Apr 16Feb 17Jul 19Nov 21Dec 23Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1901
November 2025£1804
September 2025£1902
April 2025£2202
March 2025£2302
December 2024£1602
July 2024£2302
May 2024£2202
January 2024£2502
December 2023£1802
November 2023£1802
July 2023£1702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage at auction?

Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 17% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 1989 Vintage?

The latest hammer price for Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £233, with a high of £330 and a low of £160. 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 1989 Vintage changed in value over the past year?

Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage is up 11.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 17.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage?

Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage 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 £233 (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 1989 Vintage a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Old Pulteney 1989 Vintage has moved up 11.8%, with a current median hammer price of £233. The bottle has been observed at auction across 209 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 1989 Vintage?

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 £190, 24-month median £233 — 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 1989 Vintage that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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