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Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish

£110
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

24

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Tobermory aged 17 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish is £95–£125 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of -35.3% (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 Tobermory

Tobermory is a whisky distillery. Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2003.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2003), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfinishmadeira, 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
Tobermory
Age
17 years
Vintage
2003
Edition
Madeira Cask Finish
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£110

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£95–£125 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

33 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£120

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions14£110£120
Whisky Hammer8£140£140
35.3%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£136£175Jul 21Sept 22Sept 23Aug 24Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1101
June 2026£1601
April 2026£1402
February 2026£1301
January 2026£1203
October 2025£1102
September 2025£1701
July 2025£1151
August 2024£1401
December 2023£1202
September 2023£1201
November 2022£1004

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish at auction?

Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish appeared in 11 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish?

The latest hammer price for Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £170 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 Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish changed in value over the past year?

Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 35.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish?

Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish 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 £120 (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 Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish?

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 £110, 24-month median £120 — 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 Tobermory 2003 17 Year Old Madeira Cask Finish that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.

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