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Sheep Dip 1990

£75
6.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

18

Houses

1

Last sold

188 days ago

Sheep Dip 1990 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Sheep Dip. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £75. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £58 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Sheep Dip 1990 is £68–£83 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Sheep Dip 1990 is down 6.2%, with a 6-month trend of +15.4% (up). 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 Sheep Dip

Sheep Dip is a whisky distillery. Sheep Dip 1990 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), 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
Sheep Dip
Vintage
1990
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£75

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£58

Estimated value · likely range

£68–£83 ±10%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

188 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15.4%vs 6 months ago
6.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£56£95£134Jun 15Nov 16Aug 19Jul 22Jan 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£751
July 2025£601
January 2024£801
April 2023£601
January 2023£651
September 2022£651
July 2022£651
May 2021£801
February 2021£701
August 2020£751
June 2020£901
February 2020£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Sheep Dip 1990 at auction?

Sheep Dip 1990 appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Sheep Dip 1990?

The latest hammer price for Sheep Dip 1990 at auction is £75. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £130 and a low of £58. 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 Sheep Dip 1990 changed in value over the past year?

Sheep Dip 1990 is down 6.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 15.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Sheep Dip 1990?

Sheep Dip 1990 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 £75 (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 Sheep Dip 1990 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Sheep Dip 1990 has moved down 6.2%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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 Sheep Dip 1990?

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 £75, 24-month median £75 — 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 Sheep Dip 1990 that hammers at £75 would cost the buyer approximately £95 all-in including buyer's premium.

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