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Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK'

£2,200

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

201 days ago

Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,700, with the most recent sale at £2,200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £2,200 (low) to £2,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' is £1,956–£2,444 11% around the latest sale).

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About Talisker

Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1956.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1956), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskoriginal, 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
Talisker
Vintage
1956
Edition
Original Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£2,200

24-month median

£2,700

24-month high

£2,800

24-month low

£2,200

Estimated value · likely range

£1,956–£2,444 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

201 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£2,134£2,509£2,884Dec 25Jan 26Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£2,2001
January 2026£2,7001
December 2025£2,8001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' at auction?

Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' appeared in 3 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 28% 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 Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK'?

The latest hammer price for Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' at auction is £2,200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,700, with a high of £2,800 and a low of £2,200. 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 Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK', so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £2,200 to £2,800 (median £2,700).

Where can I sell Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK'?

Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' 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 £2,700 (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 Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' a good investment?

Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK'?

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 £2,200, 24-month median £2,700 — 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 Talisker 1956 Original 'CASK' that hammers at £2,200 would cost the buyer approximately £2,772 all-in including buyer's premium.

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