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Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation

£120
7.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation is a collectable Scotch whisky from Octomore aged 5 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £128, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £110 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation is down 7.7%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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 Octomore

Octomore is a whisky distillery. Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation is an age-stated bottling at 5 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 12equationimpossible, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Octomore
Age
5 years
Edition
12 Impossible Equation
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£128

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£110

Estimated value · likely range

£110–£130 ±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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

40% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

271 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

14.3%vs 6 months ago
7.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£107£136£165Feb 22Sept 22Mar 23Jul 23Dec 23Oct 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£1201
November 2025£1102
June 2025£1252
February 2025£1501
October 2024£1201
September 2024£1301
February 2024£1401
December 2023£1201
October 2023£1102
September 2023£1601
July 2023£1401
May 2023£1202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation at auction?

Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation appeared in 3 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 40% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 28% 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 Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation?

The latest hammer price for Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £128, with a high of £160 and a low of £110. 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 Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation changed in value over the past year?

Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation is down 7.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation?

Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation 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 £128 (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 Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation has moved down 7.7%, with a current median hammer price of £128. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation?

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 £120, 24-month median £128 — 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 Octomore 12.1 5 Year Old The Impossible Equation that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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