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Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky

£950
23%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

57

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 37 years. Based on 57 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,088, with the most recent sale at £950. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £817 (low) to £3,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky is £830–£1,070 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky is down 23%, with a 6-month trend of -70.3% (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.

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About Port Ellen

Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky is an age-stated bottling at 37 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 37-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as goren, 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
37 years
Vintage
1979
Edition
Goren
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£950

24-month median

£1,088

24-month high

£3,200

24-month low

£817

Estimated value · likely range

£830–£1,070 ±13%

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

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

70.3%vs 6 months ago
23%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£792£2,044£3,296May 18Mar 21Apr 24Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£9501
December 2025£9501
September 2025£1,0001
April 2024£1,4001
July 2022£1,6001
June 2022£2,0001
April 2022£3,2001
March 2021£1,4001
December 2020£1,1502
February 2020£8833
January 2020£8173
November 2019£9105

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky at auction?

Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky at auction is £950. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,088, with a high of £3,200 and a low of £817. 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 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky changed in value over the past year?

Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky is down 23% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 70.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky?

Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky 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 £1,088 (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 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Port Ellen 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky has moved down 23%, with a current median hammer price of £1,088. The bottle has been observed at auction across 57 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 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky?

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 £950, 24-month median £1,088 — 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 1979 37 Year Old Goren's Whisky that hammers at £950 would cost the buyer approximately £1,197 all-in including buyer's premium.

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