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Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice

£170

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Strathmill. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £290 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice is £149–£191 (±13% around the latest sale).

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About Strathmill

Strathmill is a whisky distillery. Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1996.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

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

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Strathmill
Expression
1996 Managers' Choice
Vintage
1996
Edition
Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£200

24-month high

£290

24-month low

£150

Estimated value · likely range

£149–£191 ±13%

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 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 41.4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£146£222£299Oct 18Aug 19Oct 20Feb 24Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1701
September 2026£1501
June 2024£1701
March 2024£1901
February 2024£2901
December 2020£2101
October 2020£2901
August 2019£2201
October 2018£2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice at auction?

Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice 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 36% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice?

The latest hammer price for Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £290 and a low of £150. 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 Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £150 to £290 (median £200).

Where can I sell Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice?

Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice 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 £200 (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 Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice a good investment?

Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice?

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 £170, 24-month median £200 — 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 Strathmill 1996 Managers' Choice that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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