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Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve

£65
62.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

8 days ago

Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bushmills aged 12 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve is £51–£79 22% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve is up 62.5%, with a 6-month trend of -35% (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 Bushmills

Bushmills is a whisky distillery. Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve, 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
Bushmills
Expression
12 Year Old Distillery Reserve
Age
12 years
Edition
Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£65

24-month median

£55

24-month high

£100

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£51–£79 ±22%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

35%vs 6 months ago
62.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£64£103May 14Feb 16May 18Oct 19Sept 22Jan 24Aug 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£651
September 2025£432
August 2025£651
April 2025£501
January 2024£551
September 2023£701
September 2022£1001
January 2021£501
October 2019£401
August 2018£701
May 2018£651
March 2016£251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve at auction?

Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve appeared in 3 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 28% 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 Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £100 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 Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve is up 62.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 35%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve?

Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve 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 £55 (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 Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve has moved up 62.5%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve?

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 £65, 24-month median £55 — 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 Bushmills 12 Year Old Distillery Reserve that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.

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