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Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini

£50

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 17 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £50. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini is £40–£60 20% around the latest sale).

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About Port Ellen

Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 1974.

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 (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini 5cl, 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
Expression
1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini
Age
17 years
Vintage
1974
Edition
Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini 5cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£50

24-month median

£50

24-month high

£100

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£40–£60 ±20%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£71£103Aug 17Mar 19Nov 23Mar 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£501
October 2025£551
March 2025£1001
November 2023£801
October 2019£401
July 2019£1001
March 2019£401
June 2018£451
March 2018£501
November 2017£551
August 2017£501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini at auction?

Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini appeared in 2 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 39% 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 Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini at auction is £50. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £100 and a low of £40. 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 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £40 to £100 (median £50).

Where can I sell Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini?

Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini 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 £50 (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 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini a good investment?

Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £50. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Port Ellen 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini?

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 £50, 24-month median £50 — 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 1974 17 Year Old Signatory Mini that hammers at £50 would cost the buyer approximately £63 all-in including buyer's premium.

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