Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker aged 40 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 22 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,900, with the most recent sale at £1,500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,500 (low) to £2,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is £1,380–£1,620 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is down 21.1%, with a 6-month trend of -28.6% (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.
Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old, distilled in 1978.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 40-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as bodegaseq1series, 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
£1,500
24-month median
£1,900
24-month high
£2,300
24-month low
£1,500
Estimated value · likely range
£1,380–£1,620 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £1,500 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £1,600 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £1,700 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £2,000 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £2,000 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £2,100 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £2,100 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £2,100 | 1 |
| July 2021 | £1,900 | 1 |
| March 2021 | £1,900 | 1 |
| February 2021 | £1,900 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £1,900 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 at auction is £1,500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,900, with a high of £2,300 and a low of £1,500. 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.
Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 is down 21.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 28.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 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 £1,900 (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 Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 has moved down 21.1%, with a current median hammer price of £1,900. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 £1,500, 24-month median £1,900 — 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 Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1 that hammers at £1,500 would cost the buyer approximately £1,890 all-in including buyer's premium.
Own a bottle of Talisker 1978 40 Year Old Bodega Series No1?
Track it against live auction data and see your portfolio's real market value — free for up to 3 bottles.
Start tracking free →