Port Ellen 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 30 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £880 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's is £468–£652 (±16% around the latest sale).
Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1982.
Closed / ghost distillery
Port Ellen closed in 1983; bottlings from its original era are finite and command a scarcity premium at auction.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as chieftain, 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.
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Latest sale
£560
24-month median
£600
24-month high
£880
24-month low
£360
Estimated value · likely range
£468–£652 ±16%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£600
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 11 | £600 | £600 |
| Whisky Hammer | 1 | £560 | £560 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £560 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £600 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £800 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £650 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £600 | 1 |
| July 2019 | £750 | 1 |
| November 2018 | £500 | 1 |
| September 2018 | £520 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £880 | 1 |
| December 2016 | £460 | 1 |
| September 2015 | £360 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Port Ellen 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £880 and a low of £360. 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 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £360 to £880 (median £600).
Port Ellen 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's 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 £600 (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 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. 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 £560, 24-month median £600 — 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 1982 30 Year Old Chieftain's that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.
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