Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 22 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £115, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy is £232–£288 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy is up 188.9%, with a 6-month trend of +108% (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.
Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy is an age-stated bottling at 22 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 22-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as hawkinlegacy, 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.
Latest sale
£260
24-month median
£115
24-month high
£260
24-month low
£90
Estimated value · likely range
£232–£288 ±11%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £260 | 3 |
| March 2023 | £140 | 1 |
| July 2022 | £110 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £130 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £115 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £145 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £125 | 1 |
| February 2022 | £115 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £120 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £120 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £90 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £105 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £115, with a high of £260 and a low of £90. 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.
Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy is up 188.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 108%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy 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 £115 (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 Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy has moved up 188.9%, with a current median hammer price of £115. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £260, 24-month median £115 — 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 Ben Nevis - 22 Year Old (1996) Hawkin's Legacy that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.
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