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Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old

£1,600
5.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

238

Houses

3

Last sold

145 days ago

Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 32 years. Based on 238 recorded auction lots across 81 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,300, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £680 (low) to £2,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old is £1,323–£1,877 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old is down 5.9%, with a 6-month trend of +14.3% (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 Port Ellen

Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 32 years old, distilled in 1979.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Port Ellen closed in 1983; bottlings from its original era are finite and command a scarcity premium at auction.

  • Single vintage

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

  • Considerable age

    A 32-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 11thannual, 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
Port Ellen
Age
32 years
Vintage
1979
Edition
11th Annual
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,300

24-month high

£2,100

24-month low

£680

Estimated value · likely range

£1,323–£1,877 ±17%

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

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

40% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 3 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Whisky Auctioneer

Cross-house median

£1,300

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions152£1,600£1,300
Whisky Hammer18£1,525£1,388
Whisky Auctioneer1£1,650£1,650
14.3%vs 6 months ago
5.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£660£1,411£2,163Jan 14Feb 16Apr 17Nov 18Feb 20Feb 23Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1,6002
December 2025£1,3004
June 2025£1,7002
December 2024£1,4002
September 2024£1,7002
August 2024£1,4002
July 2024£1,4002
May 2024£1,4002
March 2024£1,7002
December 2023£1,5002
October 2023£1,6002
September 2023£1,5002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old at auction?

Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old appeared in 14 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 40% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,300, with a high of £2,100 and a low of £680. 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 Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old is down 5.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old?

Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old 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 £1,300 (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 Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old has moved down 5.9%, with a current median hammer price of £1,300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 238 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 Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old?

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 £1,600, 24-month median £1,300 — 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 Port Ellen 11th Annual Release 1979 32 Year Old that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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