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Whisky investment intelligence

Investing in Speyburn

17 Speyburn expressions tracked across 175+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

+8.1%

Median return

+12.5%

Volatility (±)

15.8%

Verdict

Strong recent momentum

Top performers (12 months)

Speyburn bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
SMWS 88.25 Speyburn 2009 12 Year Old£60£48+26.3%
Speyburn 10 Year Old£25£20+25.0%
Speyburn 10 Year Old 1L£30£25+20.0%
SMWS 88.9 Speyburn 2009 8 Year Old£55£48+15.8%
Speyburn 15 Year Old£45£40+12.5%
Speyburn 18 Year Old£65£65+0.0%
Speyburn Bradan Orach£20£20+0.0%
Speyburn 1978 21 Year Old Single Cask #1922£155£155+0.0%

Blue-chip Speyburn

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Entry-level (under £150)

Affordable Speyburn expressions for first-time collectors — at least 3 auction observations to confirm market liquidity.

Cooled off (12 months)

Speyburn bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

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 175+ 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.

For a deeper view, the full Speyburn catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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