Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 29 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £840, with the most recent sale at £840. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £840 (low) to £840 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) is £714–£966 (±15% around the latest sale).
Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old.
Closed / ghost distillery
Port Ellen closed in 1983; bottlings from its original era are finite and command a scarcity premium at auction.
Considerable age
A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as rare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by douglaslaing, 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.
Latest sale
£840
24-month median
£840
24-month high
£840
24-month low
£840
Estimated value · likely range
£714–£966 ±15%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £840 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) at auction is £840. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £840, with a high of £840 and a low of £840. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £840 to £840 (median £840).
Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) 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 £840 (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%.
Port Ellen - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £840. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £840, 24-month median £840 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 - 29 Year Old (Douglas Laing's Old & Rare) that hammers at £840 would cost the buyer approximately £1,058 all-in including buyer's premium.
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