latest hammer price
Auction lots
21
Houses
1
Last sold
390 days ago
Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Linkwood aged 23 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £350, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old is £346–£534 (±21% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old is up 51.7%, with a 6-month trend of -8.3% (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.
Linkwood is a whisky distillery. Linkwood Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1972.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old 75cl, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
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.
Latest sale
£440
24-month median
£350
24-month high
£700
24-month low
£230
Estimated value · likely range
£346–£534 ±21%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
390 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | £440 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £440 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £420 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £605 | 2 |
| September 2021 | £700 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £400 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £480 | 1 |
| July 2020 | £360 | 1 |
| March 2020 | £340 | 2 |
| October 2019 | £290 | 1 |
| November 2018 | £303 | 3 |
| September 2018 | £320 | 1 |
Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £350, with a high of £700 and a low of £230. 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.
Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old is up 51.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 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 £350 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Rare Malts Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old has moved up 51.7%, with a current median hammer price of £350. 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.
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 £440, 24-month median £350 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Linkwood 1972 23 Year Old that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.
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