Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction aged 12 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £60, with the most recent sale at £49. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £37 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is £39–£59 (±21% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is down 51%, with a 6-month trend of -74.2% (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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Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is a whisky distillery. Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 1987.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1987), 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.
Latest sale
£49
24-month median
£60
24-month high
£190
24-month low
£37
Estimated value · likely range
£39–£59 ±21%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £49 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £60 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £50 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £70 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £37 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £60 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £80 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £45 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £45 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £49 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £45 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction at auction is £49. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £60, with a high of £190 and a low of £37. 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.
Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction is down 51% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 74.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction 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 £60 (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 Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction has moved down 51%, with a current median hammer price of £60. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £49, 24-month median £60 — 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 Famous Grouse - 12 Year Old (1987) Vintage Whisky Auction that hammers at £49 would cost the buyer approximately £62 all-in including buyer's premium.
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