Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Elgin aged 20 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £460 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength is £225–£275 (±10% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength is up 31.6%, 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.
Glen Elgin is a whisky distillery. Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength 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 caskchoiceconnoisseursstrength, 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
£250
24-month median
£260
24-month high
£460
24-month low
£190
Estimated value · likely range
£225–£275 ±10%
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 | £250 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £240 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £260 | 1 |
| January 2021 | £240 | 2 |
| October 2020 | £285 | 2 |
| September 2020 | £267 | 3 |
| July 2020 | £300 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £298 | 4 |
| July 2019 | £460 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £460 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £250 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £270 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £460 and a low of £190. 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.
Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength is up 31.6% 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.
Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength 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 £260 (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 Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength has moved up 31.6%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 £250, 24-month median £260 — 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 Glen Elgin 1997 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice Cask Strength that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.
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