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Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny

£300
20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

40

Houses

1

Last sold

217 days ago

Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dumbarton aged 45 years. Based on 40 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £158 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny is £276–£324 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny is up 20%, with a 6-month trend of -6.2% (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 Dumbarton

Dumbarton is a whisky distillery. Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny is an age-stated bottling at 45 years old, distilled in 1965.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1965), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 45-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
Dumbarton
Age
45 years
Vintage
1965
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£300

24-month median

£280

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£158

Estimated value · likely range

£276–£324 ±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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

217 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.2%vs 6 months ago
20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£153£282£412May 14Jun 15Mar 18Feb 20Jun 23Apr 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£3002
November 2025£3002
July 2025£3002
June 2025£3202
May 2025£4002
April 2025£2802
April 2024£3202
November 2023£3602
June 2023£3602
April 2022£3002
March 2020£2401
February 2020£2401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny at auction?

Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny appeared in 4 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 down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny?

The latest hammer price for Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny at auction is £300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £400 and a low of £158. 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 Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny changed in value over the past year?

Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny is up 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny?

Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny 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 £280 (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 Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny has moved up 20%, with a current median hammer price of £280. The bottle has been observed at auction across 40 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 Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny?

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 £300, 24-month median £280 — 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 Dumbarton 1965 45 Year Old Clan Denny that hammers at £300 would cost the buyer approximately £378 all-in including buyer's premium.

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