Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cardhu aged 12 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £47, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction is £38–£52 (±16% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction is down 50%, with a 6-month trend of -18.2% (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.
Cardhu is a whisky distillery. Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as 1980s, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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.
Latest sale
£45
24-month median
£47
24-month high
£150
24-month low
£25
Estimated value · likely range
£38–£52 ±16%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £45 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £40 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £32 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £25 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £47 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £45 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £55 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £50 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £60 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £47 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £150 | 1 |
| September 2021 | £65 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £47, with a high of £150 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.
Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction is down 50% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction 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 £47 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction has moved down 50%, with a current median hammer price of £47. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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.
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 £45, 24-month median £47 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Cardhu - 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl Whisky Auction that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.
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