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Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt

£110
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

69

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt is a collectable Scotch whisky from Talisker aged 12 years. Based on 69 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt is £84–£136 24% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of +10% (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 Talisker

Talisker is a whisky distillery. Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as classicfriends, 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
Talisker
Age
12 years
Edition
Friends Classic
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£110

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£84–£136 ±24%

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

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

10%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£102£155Feb 13Jun 17Jun 18Mar 20Nov 22Aug 24Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1101
December 2025£854
September 2025£802
August 2025£1102
July 2025£1202
February 2025£1002
August 2024£1002
July 2024£1002
April 2024£902
December 2023£1102
July 2023£1202
November 2022£1102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt at auction?

Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt 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 is up 17% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt?

The latest hammer price for Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £150 and a low of £50. 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 Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt changed in value over the past year?

Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 10%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt?

Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt 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 £95 (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 Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £95. The bottle has been observed at auction across 69 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 Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt?

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 £110, 24-month median £95 — 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 Talisker 12 Year Old Friends of Classic Malt that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.

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