Bruichladdich 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 16 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £100, with the most recent sale at £80. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl is £72–£88 (±10% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bruichladdich 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl is down 50%, with a 6-month trend of -20% (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 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 2005.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as friendsvalinch, 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
£80
24-month median
£100
24-month high
£160
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£72–£88 ±10%
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 | £80 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £90 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £120 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £95 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £100 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £110 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £100 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £95 | 2 |
| July 2023 | £110 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £100 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £100 | 2 |
| February 2023 | £120 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl at auction is £80. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £100, with a high of £160 and a low of £80. 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 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl is down 50% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bruichladdich 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 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 £100 (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 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl has moved down 50%, with a current median hammer price of £100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 £80, 24-month median £100 — 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 2005 16 Year Old Valinch Friends of Bruichladdich 50cl that hammers at £80 would cost the buyer approximately £101 all-in including buyer's premium.
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