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Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1

£1,600
15.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

49

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker aged 40 years. Based on 49 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,900, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,500 (low) to £2,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is £1,472–£1,728 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is down 15.8%, with a 6-month trend of -23.8% (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.

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About Talisker

Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old, distilled in 1978.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 40-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as bodegaseq1series, 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
Age
40 years
Vintage
1978
Edition
Bodega Series
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,900

24-month high

£2,300

24-month low

£1,500

Estimated value · likely range

£1,472–£1,728 ±8%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

23.8%vs 6 months ago
15.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,455£1,912£2,369Sept 18Jul 19Aug 20Jan 22Aug 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1,6001
December 2025£1,5002
September 2025£1,6002
August 2024£1,7002
April 2023£2,0002
September 2022£2,0002
April 2022£2,1002
January 2022£2,1002
November 2021£2,1002
July 2021£1,9002
March 2021£1,9002
February 2021£1,9002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 at auction?

Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 appeared in 5 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 17% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1?

The latest hammer price for Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,900, with a high of £2,300 and a low of £1,500. 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 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 changed in value over the past year?

Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is down 15.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1?

Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 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 £1,900 (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 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 has moved down 15.8%, with a current median hammer price of £1,900. The bottle has been observed at auction across 49 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 Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1?

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 £1,600, 24-month median £1,900 — 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 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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