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Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask

£700

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Tomatin aged 32 years. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £430 (low) to £800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask is £613–£788 13% around the latest sale).

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About Tomatin

Tomatin is a whisky distillery. Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask is an age-stated bottling at 32 years old, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 32-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cask, 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
Tomatin
Age
32 years
Vintage
1981
Edition
Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£700

24-month median

£600

24-month high

£800

24-month low

£430

Estimated value · likely range

£613–£788 ±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

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

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£417£621£824Aug 15Oct 16Oct 20Aug 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£7002
August 2025£8002
October 2020£6002
December 2018£5402
October 2018£8002
February 2018£5202
October 2017£6001
September 2017£6001
March 2017£7402
October 2016£6202
August 2015£4302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask at auction?

Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask?

The latest hammer price for Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask at auction is £700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £800 and a low of £430. 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 Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £430 to £800 (median £600).

Where can I sell Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask?

Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single 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 £600 (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 Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask a good investment?

Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask has appeared in 20 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single 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 £700, 24-month median £600 — 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 Tomatin 1981 32 Year Old Single Cask that hammers at £700 would cost the buyer approximately £882 all-in including buyer's premium.

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