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Yellow Spot 12 Year Old

£53
38.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

74

Houses

1

Last sold

62 days ago

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yellow Spot aged 12 years. Based on 74 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £54, with the most recent sale at £53. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £43 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is £47–£58 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is down 38.2%, with a 6-month trend of -12.5% (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 Yellow Spot

Yellow Spot is a whisky distillery. Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Yellow Spot rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Yellow Spot
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£53

24-month median

£54

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£43

Estimated value · likely range

£47–£58 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

100% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

62 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12.5%vs 6 months ago
38.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£41£64£88Dec 16Jun 18Jul 21Sept 22Dec 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£532
June 2026£501
May 2026£551
December 2025£602
November 2025£552
March 2025£502
December 2024£602
September 2024£652
November 2023£604
August 2023£556
November 2022£602
September 2022£702

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Yellow Spot 12 Year Old at auction?

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old appeared in 8 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 100% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% 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 Yellow Spot 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Yellow Spot 12 Year Old at auction is £53. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £54, with a high of £85 and a low of £43. 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 Yellow Spot 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Yellow Spot 12 Year Old is down 38.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yellow Spot 12 Year Old?

Yellow Spot 12 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 £54 (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 Yellow Spot 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yellow Spot 12 Year Old has moved down 38.2%, with a current median hammer price of £54. The bottle has been observed at auction across 74 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 Yellow Spot 12 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 £53, 24-month median £54 — 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 Yellow Spot 12 Year Old that hammers at £53 would cost the buyer approximately £66 all-in including buyer's premium.

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