Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 20 years. Based on 56 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £243, with the most recent sale at £200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish is £184–£216 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish is down 4.8%, 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.
Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as caskcortadofinishpalo, 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
£200
24-month median
£243
24-month high
£300
24-month low
£200
Estimated value · likely range
£184–£216 ±8%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £200 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £230 | 2 |
| May 2025 | £240 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £230 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £290 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £250 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £230 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £230 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £220 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £210 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £220 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish at auction is £200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £243, with a high of £300 and a low of £200. 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.
Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish is down 4.8% 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.
Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish 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 £243 (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 Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish has moved down 4.8%, with a current median hammer price of £243. The bottle has been observed at auction across 56 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 £200, 24-month median £243 — 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 Bunnahabhain 1997 20 Year Old Palo Cortado Cask Finish that hammers at £200 would cost the buyer approximately £252 all-in including buyer's premium.
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