Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl is £120–£160 (±14% around the latest sale).
Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as forbiddenfruitvalinch, 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
£140
24-month median
£140
24-month high
£190
24-month low
£100
Estimated value · likely range
£120–£160 ±14%
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 | £140 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £190 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £160 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £170 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £180 | 1 |
| February 2018 | £160 | 1 |
| February 2016 | £105 | 1 |
| October 2015 | £100 | 1 |
| September 2015 | £120 | 1 |
| July 2014 | £130 | 1 |
| June 2013 | £135 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £190 and a low of £100. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £190 (median £140).
Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 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 £140 (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%.
Bruichladdich Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £140. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £140 — 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 Valinch The Forbidden Fruit 50cl that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.
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