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Connemara 12 Year Old

£35
▼ 22.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

17 days ago

Connemara 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Connemara aged 12 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £50 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Connemara 12 Year Old is £28–£43 (±21% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Connemara 12 Year Old is down 22.2%, with a 6-month trend of +40% (up). 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 Connemara

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

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Connemara 12 Year Old, 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
Connemara
Expression
12 Year Old
Age
12 years
Edition
Connemara 12 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£50

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£28–£43 ±21%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

17 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 40%vs 6 months ago
▼ 22.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£38£52Jun 13Jul 16Mar 18Dec 19Sept 21Sept 24Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£351
February 2026£301
September 2024£351
January 2024£451
September 2021£301
January 2020£451
December 2019£251
September 2018£451
August 2018£401
July 2018£501
March 2018£401
October 2016£301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Connemara 12 Year Old at auction?

Connemara 12 Year Old appeared in 2 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 36% by auction activity among the 35,391 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Connemara 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Connemara 12 Year Old at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £50 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 Connemara 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Connemara 12 Year Old is down 22.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 40%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Connemara 12 Year Old?

Connemara 12 Year Old 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 £35 (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 Connemara 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Connemara 12 Year Old has moved down 22.2%, with a current median hammer price of £35. 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 Connemara 12 Year Old?

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 £35, 24-month median £35 — 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 Connemara 12 Year Old that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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