latest hammer price
Auction lots
55
Houses
1
Last sold
34 days ago
Rock Oyster 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rock Oyster aged 18 years. Based on 55 recorded auction lots across 35 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rock Oyster 18 Year Old is £35–£45 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rock Oyster 18 Year Old is down 46.7%, with a 6-month trend of -27.3% (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.
Rock Oyster is a whisky distillery. Rock Oyster 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Rock Oyster 18 Year Old, 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
£40
24-month median
£55
24-month high
£85
24-month low
£40
Estimated value · likely range
£35–£45 ±11%
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
1 lot
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 97% of tracked bottles
Last seen
34 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £40 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £50 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £55 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £50 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £50 | 2 |
| February 2024 | £65 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £55 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £55 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £55 | 2 |
| July 2023 | £50 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £55 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £65 | 1 |
Rock Oyster 18 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 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Rock Oyster 18 Year Old at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £85 and a low of £40. 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.
Rock Oyster 18 Year Old is down 46.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rock Oyster 18 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 £55 (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 Rock Oyster 18 Year Old has moved down 46.7%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 55 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 £40, 24-month median £55 — 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 Rock Oyster 18 Year Old that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.
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