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Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice

£220

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Linkwood aged 27 years. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice is £180–£260 18% around the latest sale).

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About Linkwood

Linkwood is a whisky distillery. Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1997.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as choicesymington, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by signatory, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Linkwood
Age
27 years
Vintage
1997
Bottler
Signatory
Edition
Symington Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£260

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£180–£260 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£175£221£268Oct 25Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2201
July 2026£2601
October 2025£1801

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice at auction?

Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice 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). 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 Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice?

The latest hammer price for Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £260 and a low of £180. 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 Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £260 (median £220).

Where can I sell Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice?

Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice 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 £220 (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 Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice a good investment?

Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice?

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 £220, 24-month median £220 — 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 Linkwood 1997 27 Year Old Signatory Symington’s Choice that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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