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Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl

£180

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

29 days ago

Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dornoch aged 5 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl is £166–£194 8% around the latest sale).

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About Dornoch

Dornoch is a whisky distillery. Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 5 years old, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2018), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 130) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 500ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Dornoch
Age
5 years
Vintage
2018
Cask number
130
Bottle size
500ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£150

Estimated value · likely range

£166–£194 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

75% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

29 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£146£171£196Jul 24Nov 24Mar 25Sept 25Dec 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1801
January 2026£1802
December 2025£1502
September 2025£1802
March 2025£1702
November 2024£1902
July 2024£1704

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl at auction?

Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 75% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl?

The latest hammer price for Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £190 and a low of £150. 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 Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £150 to £190 (median £180).

Where can I sell Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl?

Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl 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 £180 (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 Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl a good investment?

Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £180. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl?

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 £180, 24-month median £180 — 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 Dornoch 2018 5 Year Old Single Cask #130 Thompson Bros 50cl that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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