Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Port Ellen aged 21 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,100, with the most recent sale at £1,800. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,600 (low) to £3,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old is £1,580–£2,020 (±12% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old is down 21.7%, with a 6-month trend of -30.8% (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.
Port Ellen is a whisky distillery. Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.
Closed / ghost distillery
Port Ellen closed in 1983; bottlings from its original era are finite and command a scarcity premium at auction.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as maltings, 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
£1,800
24-month median
£2,100
24-month high
£3,000
24-month low
£1,600
Estimated value · likely range
£1,580–£2,020 ±12%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £1,800 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £1,600 | 1 |
| January 2025 | £1,900 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £2,000 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £2,400 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £3,000 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £2,600 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £3,000 | 1 |
| May 2017 | £1,850 | 1 |
| March 2017 | £2,100 | 1 |
| February 2017 | £2,700 | 1 |
| July 2015 | £1,725 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old at auction is £1,800. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,100, with a high of £3,000 and a low of £1,600. 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.
Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old is down 21.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 30.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old 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 £2,100 (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 Port Ellen Maltings 21 Year Old has moved down 21.7%, with a current median hammer price of £2,100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 £1,800, 24-month median £2,100 — 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 Maltings 21 Year Old that hammers at £1,800 would cost the buyer approximately £2,268 all-in including buyer's premium.
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