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Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend

£110
50%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

130

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend is a collectable Scotch whisky from Johnnie Walker. Based on 130 recorded auction lots across 52 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £310 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend is £88–£132 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend is down 50%, with a 6-month trend of -26.7% (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.

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About Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a whisky distillery. Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend 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 Johnnie Walker 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
Johnnie Walker
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£110

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£310

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£88–£132 ±20%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

26.7%vs 6 months ago
50%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£208£319Aug 13Dec 15Feb 17Apr 19Jun 22Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1101
June 2026£1601
December 2025£1002
September 2025£1702
April 2025£1402
September 2024£1254
April 2024£1502
July 2023£1202
May 2023£1602
March 2023£1602
October 2022£2002
June 2022£1602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend at auction?

Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend 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 is up 0% on the previous 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.

What is the current auction price of Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend?

The latest hammer price for Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £310 and a low of £100. 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 Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend changed in value over the past year?

Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend is down 50% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 26.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend?

Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend 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 £160 (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 Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend has moved down 50%, with a current median hammer price of £160. The bottle has been observed at auction across 130 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 Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend?

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 £160 — 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 Johnnie Walker 1820 Special Blend that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.

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