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Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor

£320

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor is a collectable Scotch whisky from Banff aged 26 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £320, with the most recent sale at £320. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £310 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor is £294–£346 8% around the latest sale).

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About Banff

Banff is a whisky distillery. Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by duncantaylor, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Banff
Age
26 years
Vintage
1980
Bottler
Duncan Taylor
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£320

24-month median

£320

24-month high

£340

24-month low

£310

Estimated value · likely range

£294–£346 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£301£325£350Sept 16May 18Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£3202
October 2025£3202
May 2018£3102
August 2017£3102
February 2017£3402
September 2016£3302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor at auction?

Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor?

The latest hammer price for Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor at auction is £320. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £320, with a high of £340 and a low of £310. 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.

How much has Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £310 to £340 (median £320).

Where can I sell Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor?

Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor 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 £320 (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%.

Is Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor a good investment?

Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £320. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor?

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 £320, 24-month median £320 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Banff 1980 26 Year Old Duncan Taylor that hammers at £320 would cost the buyer approximately £403 all-in including buyer's premium.

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