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Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing

£1,600

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

81 days ago

Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 36 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,600, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,500 (low) to £2,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing is £1,463–£1,738 9% around the latest sale).

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About Port Ellen

Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing is an age-stated bottling at 36 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.

  • Considerable age

    A 36-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 1steidolon, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by hunterlaing, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
36 years
Vintage
1983
Bottler
Hunter Laing
Edition
Eidolon 1st
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,600

24-month high

£2,100

24-month low

£1,500

Estimated value · likely range

£1,463–£1,738 ±9%

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

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,455£1,809£2,163Jun 22Mar 23Jul 23Sept 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1,6001
March 2026£1,5002
December 2024£1,5002
September 2024£1,5002
July 2023£1,6002
March 2023£2,0002
July 2022£1,7002
June 2022£2,1002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing at auction?

Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing 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 is down 25% on the previous 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 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing?

The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,600, with a high of £2,100 and a low of £1,500. 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 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,500 to £2,100 (median £1,600).

Where can I sell Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing?

Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing 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 £1,600 (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 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing a good investment?

Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Port Ellen 1983 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing?

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 £1,600, 24-month median £1,600 — 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 36 Year Old Eidolon 1st Release Hunter Laing that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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