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Talisker1989 release70cl

Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989)

£150

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker, bottled in 1989. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £125, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) is £120–£180 20% around the latest sale).

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About Talisker

Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as distillers, 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
Bottled
1989
Edition
Distillers
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£125

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£120–£180 ±20%

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

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£97£126£155Apr 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1501
April 2026£1001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) at auction?

Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) 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 Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989)?

The latest hammer price for Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £125, with a high of £150 and a low of £100. 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 - The Distillers Edition (1989) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £150 (median £125).

Where can I sell Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989)?

Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) 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 £125 (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 - The Distillers Edition (1989) a good investment?

Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989) has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £125. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Talisker - The Distillers Edition (1989)?

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 £150, 24-month median £125 — 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 - The Distillers Edition (1989) that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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