latest hammer price
Auction lots
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Houses
1
Last sold
198 days ago
Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie, bottled in 1991. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £775, with the most recent sale at £775. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £775 (low) to £775 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% is £659–£891 (±15% around the latest sale).
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1979, released in 1991.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 40x4) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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
£775
24-month median
£775
24-month high
£775
24-month low
£775
Estimated value · likely range
£659–£891 ±15%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
1 lot
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 98% of tracked bottles
Last seen
198 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Only one auction sale on record so far — £775 in February 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £775 | 1 |
Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% at auction is £775. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £775, with a high of £775 and a low of £775. 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 Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £775 to £775 (median £775).
Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% 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 £775 (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%.
Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £775. 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 £775, 24-month median £775 — 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 Balvenie 1979 Bottled 1991 - SMWS 40.4 75cl / 59.8% that hammers at £775 would cost the buyer approximately £977 all-in including buyer's premium.
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