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Old Pulteney 30 Year Old

£340
41.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

Old Pulteney 30 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney aged 30 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £310, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £165 (low) to £370 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Pulteney 30 Year Old is £285–£395 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Old Pulteney 30 Year Old is up 41.7%, with a 6-month trend of +6.3% (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 30 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-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
30 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£340

24-month median

£310

24-month high

£370

24-month low

£165

Estimated value · likely range

£285–£395 ±16%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.3%vs 6 months ago
41.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£160£271£381May 14Nov 17Mar 21Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£3401
March 2025£3201
March 2021£3401
November 2019£3102
October 2019£3702
May 2019£3001
December 2018£3201
November 2018£3001
September 2018£3601
June 2018£3101
November 2017£3602
May 2017£3301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Old Pulteney 30 Year Old at auction?

Old Pulteney 30 Year Old appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 30 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Old Pulteney 30 Year Old at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £310, with a high of £370 and a low of £165. 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 30 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Old Pulteney 30 Year Old is up 41.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 6.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Old Pulteney 30 Year Old?

Old Pulteney 30 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 £310 (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 30 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Old Pulteney 30 Year Old has moved up 41.7%, with a current median hammer price of £310. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 30 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 £340, 24-month median £310 — 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 30 Year Old that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.

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