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Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask

£140

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

2

Last sold

103 days ago

Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Inchgower aged 24 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £173, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask is £111–£169 21% around the latest sale).

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About Inchgower

Inchgower is a whisky distillery. Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 24 years old, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 24-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfirst, 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
Inchgower
Age
24 years
Vintage
1980
Edition
First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£173

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£111–£169 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

103 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£180

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions18£190£180
Whisky Hammer1£140£140
27.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£160£237May 15Mar 18Mar 19Sept 20Dec 23Aug 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1401
December 2025£1902
August 2025£2002
August 2024£2302
December 2023£1802
September 2020£2102
March 2019£1102
March 2018£1652
August 2015£1202
May 2015£852

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 28% 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 Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £173, with a high of £230 and a low of £85. 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 Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £85 to £230 (median £173).

Where can I sell Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask?

Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask 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 £173 (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 Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 19 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £173. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask?

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 £140, 24-month median £173 — 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 Inchgower 1980 24 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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