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Portknockie - Inaugural

£47
40.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

130 days ago

Portknockie - Inaugural is a collectable Scotch whisky from Portknockie - Inaugural. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £60, with the most recent sale at £47. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Portknockie - Inaugural is £36–£58 23% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Portknockie - Inaugural is down 40.9%, with a 6-month trend of +12.5% (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 Portknockie - Inaugural

Portknockie - Inaugural is a whisky distillery. Portknockie - Inaugural is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Portknockie - Inaugural is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Portknockie - Inaugural rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Portknockie - Inaugural
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£47

24-month median

£60

24-month high

£500

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£36–£58 ±23%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

130 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12.5%vs 6 months ago
40.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£277£515Feb 22Jun 22Oct 22Mar 23Oct 23Sept 24Oct 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£472
March 2026£751
October 2025£401
May 2025£601
October 2024£451
September 2024£1201
March 2024£421
January 2024£581
October 2023£451
August 2023£581
May 2023£601
March 2023£601

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Portknockie - Inaugural at auction?

Portknockie - Inaugural appeared in 4 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 up 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Portknockie - Inaugural?

The latest hammer price for Portknockie - Inaugural at auction is £47. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £60, with a high of £500 and a low of £40. 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 Portknockie - Inaugural changed in value over the past year?

Portknockie - Inaugural is down 40.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Portknockie - Inaugural?

Portknockie - Inaugural 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 £60 (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 Portknockie - Inaugural a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Portknockie - Inaugural has moved down 40.9%, with a current median hammer price of £60. The bottle has been observed at auction across 22 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 Portknockie - Inaugural?

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 £47, 24-month median £60 — 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 Portknockie - Inaugural that hammers at £47 would cost the buyer approximately £60 all-in including buyer's premium.

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