Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dalwhinnie, bottled in 1981. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition is £94–£147 (±22% around the latest sale).
Dalwhinnie is a whisky distillery. Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1981.
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
£75
24-month high
£120
24-month low
£45
Estimated value · likely range
£94–£147 ±22%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | £120 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £120 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £95 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £90 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £95 | 1 |
| December 2014 | £65 | 1 |
| August 2014 | £45 | 1 |
| July 2014 | £53 | 2 |
| March 2014 | £70 | 1 |
| February 2014 | £75 | 1 |
| October 2013 | £75 | 1 |
| April 2013 | £45 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £120 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £45 to £120 (median £75).
Dalwhinnie 1981 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 £75 (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%.
Dalwhinnie 1981 Distillers Edition has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £75. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £75 — 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 1981 Distillers Edition that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.
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