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Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43%

£180

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

108 days ago

Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Long John aged 12 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% is £108–£252 40% around the latest sale).

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About Long John

Long John is a whisky distillery. Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml 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
Long John
Age
12 years
Bottle size
750ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£60

Estimated value · likely range

£108–£252 ±40%

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

108 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£58£122£185Mar 26May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1801
March 2026£601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% at auction?

Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43%?

The latest hammer price for Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £180 and a low of £60. 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 Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £60 to £180 (median £120).

Where can I sell Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43%?

Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% 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 £120 (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 Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% a good investment?

Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £120. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43%?

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 £120 — 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 Long John 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s - Ceramic Decanter 75cl / 43% that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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