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Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum

£600

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum is a collectable Scotch whisky from Diamond aged 15 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £1,700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum is £438–£762 27% around the latest sale).

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About Diamond

Diamond is a whisky distillery. Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old, distilled in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Diamond
Age
15 years
Vintage
1999
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£600

24-month median

£380

24-month high

£1,700

24-month low

£175

Estimated value · likely range

£438–£762 ±27%

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 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

66.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£170£960£1,751Apr 16Jun 17Feb 20Dec 22Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£6001
February 2026£6001
December 2022£1,7001
February 2020£4801
June 2019£4201
October 2018£3801
September 2018£3601
March 2018£3801
January 2018£3101
June 2017£3001
April 2016£1751

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum at auction?

Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum 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 39% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum?

The latest hammer price for Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum at auction is £600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £1,700 and a low of £175. 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 Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £175 to £1,700 (median £380).

Where can I sell Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum?

Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum 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 £380 (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 Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum a good investment?

Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £380. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum?

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 £600, 24-month median £380 — 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 Diamond 1999 15 Year Old Demerara Rum that hammers at £600 would cost the buyer approximately £756 all-in including buyer's premium.

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