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Knockando 1980

£85
6.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

81

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Knockando 1980 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Knockando. Based on 81 recorded auction lots across 40 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £85. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Knockando 1980 is £72–£98 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Knockando 1980 is up 6.3%, with a 6-month trend of -15% (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 Knockando

Knockando is a whisky distillery. Knockando 1980 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Knockando
Vintage
1980
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£85

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£110

24-month low

£45

Estimated value · likely range

£72–£98 ±15%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

17% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15%vs 6 months ago
6.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£44£78£113Feb 13Nov 15Oct 17Oct 18Jan 20Oct 22Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£851
December 2025£852
November 2025£852
October 2025£852
May 2025£752
January 2025£902
October 2024£1002
July 2024£602
June 2023£802
October 2022£934
February 2022£1102
August 2021£801

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Knockando 1980 at auction?

Knockando 1980 appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 17% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Knockando 1980?

The latest hammer price for Knockando 1980 at auction is £85. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £110 and a low of £45. 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 Knockando 1980 changed in value over the past year?

Knockando 1980 is up 6.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Knockando 1980?

Knockando 1980 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 £75 (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 Knockando 1980 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Knockando 1980 has moved up 6.3%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 81 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 Knockando 1980?

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 £85, 24-month median £75 — 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 Knockando 1980 that hammers at £85 would cost the buyer approximately £107 all-in including buyer's premium.

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