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Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive

£45
12.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

14 days ago

Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive is a collectable Scotch whisky from Orkney aged 12 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £45, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £55 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive is £41–£49 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive is up 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of -18.2% (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 Orkney

Orkney is a whisky distillery. Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2008.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2008), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Orkney
Age
12 years
Vintage
2008
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£45

24-month median

£45

24-month high

£55

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£41–£49 ±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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.2%vs 6 months ago
12.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£48£57Sept 21Aug 22Dec 23Sept 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£451
June 2026£451
September 2025£451
January 2025£451
December 2023£401
April 2023£482
November 2022£551
October 2022£451
August 2022£501
January 2022£425
November 2021£401
October 2021£452

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive at auction?

Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive 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 puts it in the top 28% 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 Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive?

The latest hammer price for Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £45, with a high of £55 and a low of £40. 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 Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive changed in value over the past year?

Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive is up 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive?

Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive 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 £45 (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 Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive has moved up 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £45. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive?

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 £45, 24-month median £45 — 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 Orkney 2008 12 Year Old North Star Tyndrum Whisky Exclusive that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.

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