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Orkney Islands2005 release70cl

Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition

£70

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Orkney Islands, bottled in 2005. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £80 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition is £64–£76 8% around the latest sale).

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About Orkney Islands

Orkney Islands is a whisky distillery. Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by berrybros, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Orkney Islands
Bottled
2005
Bottler
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£80

24-month low

£70

Estimated value · likely range

£64–£76 ±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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£68£75£82Jan 25Nov 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£702
November 2025£802
January 2025£752

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition at auction?

Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 22% 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 Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition?

The latest hammer price for Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £80 and a low of £70. 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 Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £70 to £80 (median £75).

Where can I sell Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition?

Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition 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 £75 (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 Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition a good investment?

Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £75. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition?

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 £70, 24-month median £75 — 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 Orkney Islands 2005 Berry Bros & Rudd Christmas Edition that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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