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Scapa70cl

Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection

£70

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

12 days ago

Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Scapa aged 16 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £70, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is £64–£76 8% around the latest sale).

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About Scapa

Scapa is a whisky distillery. Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 2003.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2003), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl, 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
Scapa
Expression
2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection
Age
16 years
Vintage
2003
Edition
Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 50cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£70

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£60

Estimated value · likely range

£64–£76 ±8%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

12 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

17.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£58£73£88Dec 23Oct 24Apr 25Jul 25May 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£702
May 2026£601
September 2025£673
July 2025£752
April 2025£732
October 2024£632
December 2023£851

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection at auction?

Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection appeared in 6 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 up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 14% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

The latest hammer price for Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £70, with a high of £85 and a low of £60. 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 Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £60 to £85 (median £70).

Where can I sell Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection 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 £70 (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 Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection a good investment?

Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £70. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection?

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 £70, 24-month median £70 — 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 Scapa 2003 16 Year Old Distillery Reserve Collection that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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