Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain. Based on 112 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is £136–£164 (±9% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is down 11.8%, with a 6-month trend of -11.8% (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 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2005.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as cortadofinishpalo, 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
£150
24-month median
£150
24-month high
£190
24-month low
£120
Estimated value · likely range
£136–£164 ±9%
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 | £150 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £150 | 2 |
| June 2025 | £180 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £130 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £130 | 2 |
| August 2024 | £150 | 2 |
| May 2024 | £170 | 2 |
| December 2023 | £120 | 2 |
| September 2023 | £160 | 2 |
| July 2023 | £130 | 2 |
| May 2023 | £150 | 2 |
| April 2023 | £160 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado Finish at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £190 and a low of £120. 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 2005 Palo Cortado Finish is down 11.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Bunnahabhain 2005 Palo Cortado 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 £150 (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 2005 Palo Cortado Finish has moved down 11.8%, with a current median hammer price of £150. The bottle has been observed at auction across 112 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 £150, 24-month median £150 — 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 2005 Palo Cortado Finish that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.
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