Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Aberlour aged 17 years. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £75. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £165 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl is £65–£85 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl is up 36.4%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.
Aberlour is a whisky distillery. Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as collectionreserve, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 500ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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.
Latest sale
£75
24-month median
£75
24-month high
£165
24-month low
£55
Estimated value · likely range
£65–£85 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | £75 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £70 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £90 | 1 |
| April 2019 | £100 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £85 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £85 | 1 |
| October 2018 | £75 | 1 |
| August 2018 | £80 | 1 |
| May 2018 | £70 | 1 |
| January 2018 | £165 | 1 |
| November 2017 | £65 | 1 |
| August 2017 | £60 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl at auction is £75. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £165 and a low of £55. 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.
Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl is up 36.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl 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 £75 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl has moved up 36.4%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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.
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 £75, 24-month median £75 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Aberlour 1997 17 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl that hammers at £75 would cost the buyer approximately £95 all-in including buyer's premium.
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