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Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood

£90
18.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

80

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kilkerran. Based on 80 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £85, with the most recent sale at £90. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £140 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood is £77–£103 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood is down 18.2%, with a 6-month trend of +20% (up). 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.

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About Kilkerran

Kilkerran is a whisky distillery. Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2004.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2004), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as bourbonprogressseq5woodwork, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Kilkerran
Vintage
2004
Edition
Work Progress Bourbon Wood
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£90

24-month median

£85

24-month high

£140

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£77–£103 ±14%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

20%vs 6 months ago
18.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£99£144Nov 17Dec 18Jun 20Aug 22May 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£901
June 2026£901
January 2026£852
August 2025£652
May 2025£1002
October 2024£1302
May 2024£752
April 2024£934
October 2023£1102
May 2023£1402
April 2023£952
August 2022£1202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood at auction?

Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood?

The latest hammer price for Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood at auction is £90. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £85, with a high of £140 and a low of £55. 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.

How much has Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood changed in value over the past year?

Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood is down 18.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood?

Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood 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 £85 (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%.

Is Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood has moved down 18.2%, with a current median hammer price of £85. The bottle has been observed at auction across 80 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood?

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 £90, 24-month median £85 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Kilkerran 2004 Work In Progress #5 Bourbon Wood that hammers at £90 would cost the buyer approximately £113 all-in including buyer's premium.

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