Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Strathisla aged 25 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £145, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl is £147–£193 (±14% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +30.8% (up). 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.
Strathisla is a whisky distillery. Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1988.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as brotherscaskchivasstrength, 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
£170
24-month median
£145
24-month high
£190
24-month low
£120
Estimated value · likely range
£147–£193 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £170 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £160 | 1 |
| July 2022 | £140 | 1 |
| May 2021 | £190 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £170 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £120 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £130 | 1 |
| February 2018 | £150 | 1 |
| November 2017 | £145 | 1 |
| September 2017 | £125 | 1 |
| March 2017 | £120 | 1 |
| February 2017 | £140 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £145, 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.
Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 30.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 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 £145 (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 Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £145. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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 £170, 24-month median £145 — 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 Strathisla 1988 25 Year Old Chivas Brothers Cask Strength Edition 50cl that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.
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