Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cardhu aged 12 years. Based on 498 recorded auction lots across 130 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £25, with the most recent sale at £27. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £42 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is £24–£29 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is down 11.7%, with a 6-month trend of -11.7% (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.
Cardhu is a whisky distillery. Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.
Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl 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 Cardhu 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.
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Latest sale
£27
24-month median
£25
24-month high
£42
24-month low
£20
Estimated value · likely range
£24–£29 ±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.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction
Cross-house median
£25
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 242 | £25 | £25 |
| Whisky Hammer | 33 | £20 | £28 |
| whisky.auction | 3 | £28 | £28 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £27 | 3 |
| May 2026 | £35 | 3 |
| April 2026 | £26 | 6 |
| March 2026 | £31 | 9 |
| February 2026 | £30 | 3 |
| January 2026 | £31 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £30 | 7 |
| November 2025 | £30 | 7 |
| October 2025 | £28 | 4 |
| September 2025 | £28 | 7 |
| August 2025 | £35 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £25 | 4 |
The latest hammer price for Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl at auction is £27. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £25, with a high of £42 and a low of £20. 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.
Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl is down 11.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl 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 £25 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl has moved down 11.7%, with a current median hammer price of £25. The bottle has been observed at auction across 498 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.
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 £27, 24-month median £25 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Cardhu 12 Year Old (1980s) 75cl that hammers at £27 would cost the buyer approximately £33 all-in including buyer's premium.
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