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Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre

£30

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

4

Houses

1

Last sold

121 days ago

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre aged 12 years. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £34, with the most recent sale at £30. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £37 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre is £26–£34 12% around the latest sale).

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About Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre is a whisky distillery. Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£30

24-month median

£34

24-month high

£37

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£26–£34 ±12%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

121 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£24£31£38Oct 21Dec 22Mar 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£301
March 2024£251
December 2022£371
October 2021£371

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre at auction?

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre?

The latest hammer price for Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre at auction is £30. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £34, with a high of £37 and a low of £25. 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 Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £25 to £37 (median £34).

Where can I sell Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre?

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre 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 £34 (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 Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre a good investment?

Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £34. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre?

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 £30, 24-month median £34 — 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 Dimple - 12 Year Old (1980s) 1 Litre that hammers at £30 would cost the buyer approximately £38 all-in including buyer's premium.

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