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Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style)

£41
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 86 lots a year

Auction lots

784

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bunnahabhain aged 12 years. Based on 784 recorded auction lots across 143 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £40, with the most recent sale at £41. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £95 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is £38–£45 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of -8.3% (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.

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About Bunnahabhain

Bunnahabhain is a whisky distillery. Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Bunnahabhain rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Expression
12 Year Old (Old Style)
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£41

24-month median

£40

24-month high

£95

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£38–£45 ±9%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

86 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per week

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£40

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions284£35£40
Whisky Hammer42£38£37
8.3%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£61£98Oct 12Dec 15Mar 18Mar 20Jun 22May 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£416
July 2026£398
June 2026£407
May 2026£357
April 2026£355
March 2026£507
February 2026£453
January 2026£477
December 2025£4115
November 2025£457
October 2025£487
September 2025£577

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) at auction?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) appeared in 86 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 25% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 (Old Style)?

The latest hammer price for Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) at auction is £41. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £40, with a high of £95 and a low of £25. 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 (Old Style) changed in value over the past year?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style)?

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) 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 £40 (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 (Old Style) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style) has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £40. The bottle has been observed at auction across 784 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old (Old Style)?

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 £41, 24-month median £40 — 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 (Old Style) that hammers at £41 would cost the buyer approximately £52 all-in including buyer's premium.

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