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Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers

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Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 14 years. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 34 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £265 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers is £342–£418 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers is up 5.6%, with a 6-month trend of +18.8% (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 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers is an age-stated bottling at 14 years old, distilled in 1983.

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 (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as brothershart, 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
14 years
Vintage
1983
Edition
brothershart
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£380

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£265

Estimated value · likely range

£342–£418 ±10%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

18.8%vs 6 months ago
5.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£3801
November 2025£3201
April 2025£4001
January 2025£4001
November 2024£3201
October 2024£3601
June 2024£3201
April 2024£4001
November 2023£4401
July 2023£5201
June 2023£4401
November 2022£4201

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £520 and a low of £265. 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 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers changed in value over the past year?

Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers is up 5.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 18.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers?

Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers 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 £340 (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 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Port Ellen 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers has moved up 5.6%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers?

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 £380, 24-month median £340 — 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 1983 14 Year Old Hart Brothers that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.

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