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SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old

£170
100%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from SMWS aged 12 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £105, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £72 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old is £136–£204 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old is up 100%, with a 6-month trend of +61.9% (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 SMWS

SMWS is a whisky distillery. SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2002.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2002), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old, 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
SMWS
Expression
127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old
Age
12 years
Vintage
2002
Edition
SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£105

24-month high

£220

24-month low

£72

Estimated value · likely range

£136–£204 ±20%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

61.9%vs 6 months ago
100%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£70£148£227Apr 15Nov 17Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1701
June 2018£1351
April 2018£1351
December 2017£1101
November 2017£1151
May 2017£1351
March 2017£1051
January 2017£2201
September 2016£901
July 2016£1001
June 2016£1282
May 2016£1251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old 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.

What is the current auction price of SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £105, with a high of £220 and a low of £72. 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 SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old is up 100% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 61.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old?

SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 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 £105 (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 SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old has moved up 100%, with a current median hammer price of £105. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old?

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 £170, 24-month median £105 — 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 SMWS 127.42 Port Charlotte 2002 12 Year Old that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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