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Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini

£35
75%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

34 days ago

Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kinclaith. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £55 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini is £29–£41 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini is up 75%, with a 6-month trend of +16.7% (up). 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 Kinclaith

Kinclaith is a whisky distillery. Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1966.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1966), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini 5cl, 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
Kinclaith
Expression
1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini
Vintage
1966
Edition
Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini 5cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£55

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£29–£41 ±18%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

34 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
75%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£38£57Mar 17Sept 18Jun 19Sept 20Sept 21Jun 23Jun 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£351
June 2025£351
June 2024£501
September 2023£301
June 2023£351
November 2022£201
September 2021£302
December 2020£251
September 2020£351
November 2019£401
June 2019£451
December 2018£251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini at auction?

Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini?

The latest hammer price for Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £55 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.

How much has Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini changed in value over the past year?

Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini is up 75% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini?

Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini 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 £35 (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 Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini has moved up 75%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini?

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 £35, 24-month median £35 — 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 Kinclaith 1966 Connoisseurs Choice Mini that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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