latest hammer price
Auction lots
82
Houses
1
Last sold
26 days ago
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 20 years. Based on 82 recorded auction lots across 36 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £113, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is £95–£125 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is down 31.2%, with a 6-month trend of -15.4% (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.
Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as hillskingparticular, 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.
Latest sale
£110
24-month median
£113
24-month high
£160
24-month low
£75
Estimated value · likely range
£95–£125 ±13%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year
Seen at auction
6 lots
Cadence
≈ every 61 days
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 14% of tracked bottles
Last seen
26 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £110 | 1 |
| July 2026 | £100 | 1 |
| June 2026 | £85 | 1 |
| May 2026 | £90 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £100 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £110 | 2 |
| June 2024 | £130 | 2 |
| February 2024 | £120 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £130 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £135 | 4 |
| December 2022 | £120 | 2 |
| November 2022 | £105 | 4 |
More from Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 14% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £113, with a high of £160 and a low of £75. 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.
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is down 31.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular 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 £113 (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 Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular has moved down 31.2%, with a current median hammer price of £113. The bottle has been observed at auction across 82 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 £110, 24-month median £113 — 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 Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.
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