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Dimple70cl

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl

£28
29.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dimple aged 12 years. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £29, with the most recent sale at £28. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £22 (low) to £45 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is £25–£30 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is down 29.5%, with a 6-month trend of -31.2% (down). 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 Dimple

Dimple is a whisky distillery. Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl 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 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
Expression
12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£28

24-month median

£29

24-month high

£45

24-month low

£22

Estimated value · likely range

£25–£30 ±8%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

31.2%vs 6 months ago
29.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£21£34£46Aug 21Nov 22Mar 24Sept 24Nov 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£281
June 2026£321
May 2026£271
April 2026£271
February 2026£251
November 2025£321
January 2025£401
September 2024£451
May 2024£301
March 2024£221
November 2023£271
November 2022£251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl at auction?

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl appeared in 6 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 14% 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 Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl at auction is £28. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £29, with a high of £45 and a low of £22. 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) 75cl changed in value over the past year?

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is down 29.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 31.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl?

Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl 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 £29 (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) 75cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl has moved down 29.5%, with a current median hammer price of £29. The bottle has been observed at auction across 14 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 Dimple 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl?

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 £28, 24-month median £29 — 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) 75cl that hammers at £28 would cost the buyer approximately £35 all-in including buyer's premium.

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