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Scapa 1980 25 Year Old

£500
33.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

79

Houses

1

Last sold

48 days ago

Scapa 1980 25 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Scapa aged 25 years. Based on 79 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £570, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £920 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Scapa 1980 25 Year Old is £443–£557 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Scapa 1980 25 Year Old is down 33.3%, with a 6-month trend of -3.8% (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 Scapa

Scapa is a whisky distillery. Scapa 1980 25 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-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
Scapa
Age
25 years
Vintage
1980
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£500

24-month median

£570

24-month high

£920

24-month low

£175

Estimated value · likely range

£443–£557 ±11%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

48 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

3.8%vs 6 months ago
33.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£170£559£948Nov 14Mar 18Dec 20Oct 22Jul 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£5001
June 2026£6501
May 2026£5601
January 2026£4802
November 2025£5002
June 2025£5002
July 2024£5202
May 2024£5602
September 2023£5602
July 2023£5704
March 2023£7002
February 2023£7836

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Scapa 1980 25 Year Old at auction?

Scapa 1980 25 Year Old 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 puts it in the top 13% 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 Scapa 1980 25 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Scapa 1980 25 Year Old at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £570, with a high of £920 and a low of £175. 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 Scapa 1980 25 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Scapa 1980 25 Year Old is down 33.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 3.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Scapa 1980 25 Year Old?

Scapa 1980 25 Year Old 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 £570 (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 Scapa 1980 25 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Scapa 1980 25 Year Old has moved down 33.3%, with a current median hammer price of £570. The bottle has been observed at auction across 79 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 Scapa 1980 25 Year Old?

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 £500, 24-month median £570 — 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 Scapa 1980 25 Year Old that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.

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