Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ben Nevis aged 20 years. Based on 39 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is £88–£113 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is down 23.1%, with a 6-month trend of -16.7% (down). 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.
Ben Nevis is a whisky distillery. Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as hillskingparticular, 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.
Latest sale
£100
24-month median
£120
24-month high
£160
24-month low
£75
Estimated value · likely range
£88–£113 ±13%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £100 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £110 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £130 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £120 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £130 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £135 | 2 |
| December 2022 | £120 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £105 | 2 |
| September 2022 | £160 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £130 | 2 |
| July 2022 | £150 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £120 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £160 and a low of £75. 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.
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular is down 23.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular 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 £120 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular has moved down 23.1%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 39 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.
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 £100, 24-month median £120 — 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 Ben Nevis 1997 20 Year Old King Of The Hills Old Particular that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.
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