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Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1

£140
▼ 17.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

42

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Tomatin aged 25 years. Based on 42 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 is £127–£153 (±9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 is down 17.6%, with a 6-month trend of -17.6% (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 Tomatin

Tomatin is a whisky distillery. Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq1, 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
25 years
Vintage
1988
Edition
Seq1
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£127–£153 ±9%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 17.6%vs 6 months ago
▼ 17.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£182£247Dec 16Jan 18Dec 21Jan 24Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1401
September 2026£1401
November 2025£1602
January 2024£1802
December 2023£1602
May 2023£1354
June 2022£1702
May 2022£1702
March 2022£1702
December 2021£1604
June 2021£1402
October 2018£2402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 at auction?

Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 appeared in 4 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 19% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1?

The latest hammer price for Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £240 and a low of £120. 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 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 changed in value over the past year?

Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 is down 17.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 17.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1?

Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 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 £160 (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 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 has moved down 17.6%, with a current median hammer price of £160. The bottle has been observed at auction across 42 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 Tomatin 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1?

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 £140, 24-month median £160 — 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 1988 25 Year Old Batch #1 that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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