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Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society

£120
41.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cambus aged 27 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is £102–£138 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is up 41.2%, with a 6-month trend of -29.4% (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 Cambus

Cambus is a whisky distillery. Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1983.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Cambus
Age
27 years
Vintage
1983
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£102–£138 ±15%

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

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

29.4%vs 6 months ago
41.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£129£175Jan 18Feb 21Feb 22Jun 23Aug 24Jun 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1201
February 2026£1202
June 2025£1102
November 2024£1202
August 2024£1304
August 2023£1502
June 2023£1702
November 2022£1702
February 2022£1702
May 2021£1602
February 2021£1402
November 2018£902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society at auction?

Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society 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 is down 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 28% 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 Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society?

The latest hammer price for Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £170 and a low of £85. 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 Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society changed in value over the past year?

Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society is up 41.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 29.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society?

Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society 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 £130 (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 Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society has moved up 41.2%, with a current median hammer price of £130. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society?

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 £120, 24-month median £130 — 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 Cambus 1983 27 Year Old Dead Whisky Society that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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