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Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice

£400
4.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

106

Houses

2

Last sold

13 days ago

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen. Based on 106 recorded auction lots across 49 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £400, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £280 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is £368–£432 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is down 4.8%, with a 6-month trend of +11.1% (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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1982.

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 (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as choiceconnoisseurs, 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
Vintage
1982
Edition
Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£400

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£280

Estimated value · likely range

£368–£432 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

180% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

13 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£400

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions73£400£400
Whisky Hammer11£450£450
11.1%vs 6 months ago
4.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£272£471£670Oct 16Aug 18Nov 19Apr 21Nov 23Aug 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4001
July 2026£3601
May 2026£3601
April 2026£4002
March 2026£4502
December 2025£3603
November 2025£3602
September 2025£4002
August 2025£4301
June 2025£3801
April 2025£4301
February 2025£4002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice 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 180% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £400, with a high of £650 and a low of £280. 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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is down 4.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 11.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice?

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £400 (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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice has moved down 4.8%, with a current median hammer price of £400. The bottle has been observed at auction across 106 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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £400, 24-month median £400 — 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 1982 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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