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Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old

£950
17.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

32

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora aged 20 years. Based on 32 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £950, with the most recent sale at £950. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old is £763–£1,138 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old is down 17.4%, with a 6-month trend of +35.7% (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 Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Brora was silent from 1983 until its 2021 revival, so whisky from the original distillery is finite and keenly collected.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Brora
Age
20 years
Vintage
1975
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£950

24-month median

£950

24-month high

£1,800

24-month low

£420

Estimated value · likely range

£763–£1,138 ±20%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

35.7%vs 6 months ago
17.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£407£1,131£1,854Nov 13Jan 17Feb 20Jun 21Feb 24Aug 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£9502
August 2025£1,0002
July 2025£1,6002
February 2024£1,3002
December 2022£1,8002
June 2021£1,1002
June 2020£7002
February 2020£7502
September 2018£9502
February 2018£9202
November 2017£7002
May 2017£8002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old at auction?

Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% 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 Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old at auction is £950. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £950, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £420. 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 Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old is down 17.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 35.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old?

Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 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 £950 (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 Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old has moved down 17.4%, with a current median hammer price of £950. The bottle has been observed at auction across 32 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 Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 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 £950, 24-month median £950 — 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 Rare Malts Brora 1975 20 Year Old that hammers at £950 would cost the buyer approximately £1,197 all-in including buyer's premium.

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