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Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020)

£120
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 48 lots a year

Auction lots

209

Houses

2

Last sold

12 days ago

Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 12 years. Based on 209 recorded auction lots across 45 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £155, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) is up 0%, 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 Springbank

Springbank is a whisky distillery. Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2020), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskstrength, 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
Springbank
Age
12 years
Vintage
2020
Edition
Cask Strength
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£155

24-month high

£200

24-month low

£95

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

48 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

20% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

12 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£153

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions72£120£154
Whisky Hammer25£180£150
14.3%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£92£149£206Jan 22Feb 23Sept 23May 24Dec 24Oct 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1201
July 2026£1206
June 2026£1401
May 2026£1807
April 2026£13312
February 2026£1155
January 2026£1403
December 2025£1105
November 2025£1305
October 2025£951
September 2025£1202
July 2025£1355

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) at auction?

Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) appeared in 48 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 20% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020)?

The latest hammer price for Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £155, with a high of £200 and a low of £95. 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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) changed in value over the past year?

Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) is up 0% 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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020)?

Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) 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 £155 (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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £155. The bottle has been observed at auction across 209 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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020)?

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 £155 — 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 Springbank - 12 Year Old (Cask Strength 2020) that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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