Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dalwhinnie, bottled in 1980. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition is £92–£148 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition is up 60%, with a 6-month trend of +26.3% (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.
Dalwhinnie is a whisky distillery. Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1980.
Named / limited release
Released as distillers, 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.
Latest sale
£120
24-month median
£95
24-month high
£150
24-month low
£45
Estimated value · likely range
£92–£148 ±23%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £120 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £120 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £120 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £150 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £110 | 1 |
| July 2019 | £100 | 1 |
| June 2019 | £95 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £95 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £105 | 1 |
| November 2017 | £65 | 1 |
| June 2016 | £75 | 1 |
| September 2015 | £60 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £150 and a low of £45. 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.
Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition is up 60% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 26.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition 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 £95 (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 Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition has moved up 60%, with a current median hammer price of £95. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £120, 24-month median £95 — 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 Dalwhinnie 1980 Distillers Edition that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.
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