Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters is a collectable Scotch whisky from Daftmill. Based on 67 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £222, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £298 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters is £154–£186 (±10% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters is down 15%, with a 6-month trend of -34.6% (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.
Daftmill is a whisky distillery. Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2012.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 86) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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
£170
24-month median
£222
24-month high
£298
24-month low
£170
Estimated value · likely range
£154–£186 ±10%
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 | £170 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £170 | 2 |
| February 2026 | £230 | 2 |
| October 2025 | £190 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £190 | 2 |
| January 2025 | £210 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £260 | 2 |
| May 2024 | £260 | 2 |
| December 2023 | £230 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £245 | 4 |
| September 2023 | £222 | 10 |
| August 2023 | £225 | 4 |
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The latest hammer price for Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £222, with a high of £298 and a low of £170. 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.
Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters is down 15% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 34.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters 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 £222 (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 Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters has moved down 15%, with a current median hammer price of £222. The bottle has been observed at auction across 67 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 £170, 24-month median £222 — 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 Daftmill 2012 Single Cask #86 For The Drambusters that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.
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