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Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star

£85
13.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

116

Houses

1

Last sold

153 days ago

Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star is a collectable Scotch whisky from Vega aged 28 years. Based on 116 recorded auction lots across 33 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £85, with the most recent sale at £85. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £66 (low) to £143 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star is £78–£93 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star is up 13.3%, with a 6-month trend of +6.3% (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 Vega

Vega is a whisky distillery. Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Vega
Age
28 years
Vintage
1990
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£85

24-month median

£85

24-month high

£143

24-month low

£66

Estimated value · likely range

£78–£93 ±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

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

153 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.3%vs 6 months ago
13.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£64£106£148May 19Dec 20Nov 21Dec 22May 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£852
November 2025£852
May 2025£802
December 2024£902
October 2023£834
September 2023£902
April 2023£802
December 2022£1102
November 2022£1002
June 2022£952
May 2022£752
December 2021£718

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star at auction?

Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star 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 is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star?

The latest hammer price for Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star at auction is £85. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £85, with a high of £143 and a low of £66. 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 Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star changed in value over the past year?

Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star is up 13.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 6.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star?

Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star 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 £85 (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 Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star has moved up 13.3%, with a current median hammer price of £85. The bottle has been observed at auction across 116 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 Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star?

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 £85, 24-month median £85 — 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 Vega 1990 28 Year Old North Star that hammers at £85 would cost the buyer approximately £107 all-in including buyer's premium.

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