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Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old

£240
33.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

51

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dalwhinnie aged 25 years. Based on 51 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £138 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old is £197–£283 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old is up 33.3%, with a 6-month trend of +4.3% (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.

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About Dalwhinnie

Dalwhinnie is a whisky distillery. Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1987.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1987), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Dalwhinnie
Age
25 years
Vintage
1987
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£138

Estimated value · likely range

£197–£283 ±18%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

4.3%vs 6 months ago
33.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£133£252£371Oct 16Feb 18Nov 18Jan 20Jan 22Jul 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£2401
December 2025£2902
September 2025£2802
July 2025£2902
January 2025£3602
May 2024£2602
December 2022£2302
January 2022£2602
July 2020£2302
March 2020£2701
February 2020£2701
January 2020£2102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old at auction?

Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £360 and a low of £138. 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 Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old is up 33.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old?

Dalwhinnie 1987 25 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 £220 (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 Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old has moved up 33.3%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 51 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 Dalwhinnie 1987 25 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 £240, 24-month median £220 — 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 Dalwhinnie 1987 25 Year Old that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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