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Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular

£130
52.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular is a collectable Scotch whisky from Speyside aged 21 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £105, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £76 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular is £108–£152 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular is up 52.9%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Speyside

Speyside names a Scotch whisky region — Speyside — rather than a single distillery: this is an undisclosed-distillery bottling that discloses only its region of origin. Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1996.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-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
Speyside
Age
21 years
Vintage
1996
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£105

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£76

Estimated value · likely range

£108–£152 ±17%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
52.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£74£119£165Mar 18Sept 20Mar 22Mar 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1301
March 2026£1301
October 2024£1001
September 2024£1201
August 2024£1052
March 2024£1301
May 2023£1301
March 2023£1201
March 2022£1201
November 2021£801
October 2020£801
September 2020£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular at auction?

Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular 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 puts it in the top 39% 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 Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular?

The latest hammer price for Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £105, with a high of £160 and a low of £76. 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 Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular changed in value over the past year?

Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular is up 52.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular?

Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular 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 £105 (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 Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular has moved up 52.9%, with a current median hammer price of £105. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular?

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 £130, 24-month median £105 — 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 Speyside 1996 21 Year Old Old Particular that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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