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Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice

£450

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

2

Last sold

14 days ago

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £465, with the most recent sale at £450. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £380 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice is £414–£486 8% around the latest sale).

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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

£450

24-month median

£465

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£380

Estimated value · likely range

£414–£486 ±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

14 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
25%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£369£493£618Aug 21Mar 23Feb 24Apr 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£4502
December 2025£4901
August 2025£4301
June 2025£3801
April 2025£4301
March 2024£3901
February 2024£6001
March 2023£5001
December 2021£5201
August 2021£4801

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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 29,926 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 £450. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £465, with a high of £600 and a low of £380. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £380 to £600 (median £465).

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 £465 (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?

Port Ellen 1982 Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £465. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £450, 24-month median £465 — 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 £450 would cost the buyer approximately £567 all-in including buyer's premium.

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