Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary is a collectable Scotch whisky from Mortlach. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary is £221–£259 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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.
Mortlach is a whisky distillery. Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as 80thanniversarychieftain, 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.
Latest sale
£240
24-month median
£280
24-month high
£360
24-month low
£230
Estimated value · likely range
£221–£259 ±8%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £240 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £360 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £250 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £280 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £260 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £280 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £275 | 2 |
| November 2019 | £360 | 2 |
| October 2019 | £300 | 2 |
| May 2019 | £290 | 1 |
| April 2019 | £240 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £360 and a low of £230. 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.
Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary 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 £280 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £280. 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.
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 £240, 24-month median £280 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Mortlach 1997 Chieftain’s 80th Anniversary that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.
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