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Investing in Linkwood

86 Linkwood expressions tracked across 435+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

+7.6%

Median return

+0.0%

Volatility (±)

30.3%

Verdict

Stable, modest appreciation

Top performers (12 months)

Linkwood bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
Linkwood 1996 22 Year Old Signatory£140£80+75.0%
Linkwood 1989 22 Year Old Hard to Find Whisky£140£83+69.7%
Linkwood 1974 27 Year Old First Cask£230£150+53.3%
SMWS 39.119 Linkwood 2007 8 Year Old£70£50+40.0%
Linkwood 15 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail£84£60+39.6%
Linkwood 12 Year Old (Manager's Dram) Whisky Auction£310£230+34.8%
SMWS 39.140 Linkwood 1989 27 Year Old£180£135+33.3%
Linkwood - 12 Year Old (Flora & Fauna)£56£44+28.7%

Blue-chip Linkwood

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Linkwood - 37 Year Old (1939) Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail) 75cl

£1,275

6 observations

Linkwood 1978 37 Year Old Limited Release

£520

8 observations

Linkwood 1973 Gordon & MacPhail

£400

4 observations

Linkwood - 23 Year Old (Rare Malts 1974) 75cl

£370

13 observations

Linkwood - 30 Year Old (1989) Kingsbury

£320

3 observations

Entry-level (under £150)

Affordable Linkwood expressions for first-time collectors — at least 3 auction observations to confirm market liquidity.

Linkwood 15 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Mini 5cl

£15

6 observations

Linkwood - 9 Year Old (2011) Carn Mor Strictly Limited

£20

7 observations

Linkwood - 12 Year Old (2008) Fable Chapter #2 Whisky Auction

£32

4 observations

Linkwood 2011 11 Year Old Aon Release #1

£38

3 observations

Linkwood 2010 11 Year Old Whisky Broker

£40

10 observations

Cooled off (12 months)

Linkwood bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

Linkwood - 14 Year Old (2007) Scottish Witchcraft Series (Isobel Gowdie) Whisky Auction£50-54.5%
Linkwood - 12 Year Old (2008) Fable Chapter #2 Whisky Auction£32-36.0%
Linkwood - 9 Year Old (2011) Carn Mor Strictly Limited£20-35.5%
Linkwood - 23 Year Old (Rare Malts 1974) 75cl£370-26.0%
Linkwood 2009 Single Cask #311390 Berry Bros & Rudd for Aberdeen Whisky Shop£65-21.2%

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 435+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

  • Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
  • Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
  • Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

For a deeper view, the full Linkwood catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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