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Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts

£290
93.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £105 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts is £230–£350 21% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts is up 93.3%, with a 6-month trend of +107.1% (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 Talisker

Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as classicfriends, 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
1989
Edition
Friends Classic
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£140

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£105

Estimated value · likely range

£230–£350 ±21%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

107.1%vs 6 months ago
93.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£102£216£330Mar 17Dec 17Nov 18Jul 19Sept 20May 23Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£2901
July 2024£2101
October 2023£2101
May 2023£2001
April 2023£3201
December 2021£1501
September 2020£1401
February 2020£1301
November 2019£1402
July 2019£1201
May 2019£1552
December 2018£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts at auction?

Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts 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 98% 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 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts?

The latest hammer price for Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £320 and a low of £105. 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 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts changed in value over the past year?

Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts is up 93.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 107.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts?

Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts 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 £140 (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 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Talisker 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts has moved up 93.3%, with a current median hammer price of £140. The bottle has been observed at auction across 22 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 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts?

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 £290, 24-month median £140 — 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 1989 Friends Of The Classic Malts that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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