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Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s

£95

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 18 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

8 days ago

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 12 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s is £83–£107 12% around the latest sale).

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About Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s is an age-stated bottling at 12 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as circa, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Bunnahabhain
Age
12 years
Vintage
1980
Edition
Circa
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£75

Estimated value · likely range

£83–£107 ±12%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

18 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

80% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 4% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£73£98£124Dec 24Jun 25Aug 25Nov 25Feb 26Apr 26Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£952
July 2026£1201
May 2026£901
April 2026£836
February 2026£754
November 2025£1202
September 2025£1002
August 2025£1004
June 2025£1102
January 2025£852
December 2024£902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s at auction?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s appeared in 18 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 80% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 4% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £120 and a low of £75. 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 Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £75 to £120 (median £95).

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s 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 £95 (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 Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s a good investment?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s has appeared in 28 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £95. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s?

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 £95, 24-month median £95 — 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 Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old Circa 1980’s that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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