Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 16 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £148, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £78 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength is £114–£166 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength is up 40%, with a 6-month trend of -22.2% (down). 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.
Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as strength, 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
£140
24-month median
£148
24-month high
£250
24-month low
£78
Estimated value · likely range
£114–£166 ±18%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £140 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £200 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £130 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £150 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £145 | 2 |
| October 2022 | £240 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £180 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £250 | 1 |
| July 2021 | £190 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £170 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £120 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £170 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £148, with a high of £250 and a low of £78. 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.
Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength is up 40% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 22.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength 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 £148 (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 Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength has moved up 40%, with a current median hammer price of £148. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 £140, 24-month median £148 — 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 Bruichladdich 1989 16 Year Old Full Strength that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.
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