Oban 1996 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban, bottled in 1996. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £73, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban 1996 Distillers Edition is £52–£68 (±13% around the latest sale).
Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban 1996 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1996.
Named / limited release
Released as distillers, 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
£60
24-month median
£73
24-month high
£100
24-month low
£50
Estimated value · likely range
£52–£68 ±13%
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 | £60 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £65 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £75 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £90 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £95 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £100 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £70 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £75 | 1 |
| August 2018 | £60 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £50 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £75 | 1 |
| June 2017 | £50 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Oban 1996 Distillers Edition at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £73, with a high of £100 and a low of £50. 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 Oban 1996 Distillers Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £50 to £100 (median £73).
Oban 1996 Distillers Edition 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 £73 (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%.
Oban 1996 Distillers Edition has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £73. 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 £60, 24-month median £73 — 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 Oban 1996 Distillers Edition that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.
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