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North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)

£300

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

138 days ago

North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is a collectable Scotch whisky from North Port aged 20 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £300 (low) to £470 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is £276–£324 8% around the latest sale).

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About North Port

North Port is a whisky distillery. North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1979.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
North Port
Age
20 years
Vintage
1979
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£300

24-month median

£360

24-month high

£470

24-month low

£300

Estimated value · likely range

£276–£324 ±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.

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

138 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£291£388£484Sept 22Jul 24Nov 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£3002
November 2025£3201
July 2024£3601
November 2023£3601
September 2023£3201
June 2023£4101
March 2023£3601
December 2022£3701
September 2022£4701

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) at auction?

North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) 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 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

The latest hammer price for North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) at auction is £300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £470 and a low of £300. 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 North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £300 to £470 (median £360).

Where can I sell North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) 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 £360 (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 North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) a good investment?

North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £360. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

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 £300, 24-month median £360 — 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 North Port - 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) that hammers at £300 would cost the buyer approximately £378 all-in including buyer's premium.

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