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Investing in Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's

1 Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's expressions tracked across 15+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

-2.2%

Median return

-2.2%

Volatility (±)

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Verdict

Soft market — selective buys only

Top performers (12 months)

Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's£220£225-2.2%

Blue-chip Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's

£220

15 observations

Cooled off (12 months)

Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

Fettercairn 1988 31 Year Old Cadenhead's£220-2.2%

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 15+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

  • Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
  • Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
  • Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

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