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SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries

£60
14.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

37

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ardnamurchan aged 6 years. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £65, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £85 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries is £55–£65 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -7.7% (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.

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About Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan is a whisky distillery. SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries is an age-stated bottling at 6 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 149x3) 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.

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
Ardnamurchan
Age
6 years
Cask number
149x3
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
Celebrating New Distilleries
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£60

24-month median

£65

24-month high

£85

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£55–£65 ±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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.7%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£53£70£88May 23Oct 23Nov 24Sept 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£601
January 2026£602
September 2025£552
August 2025£602
November 2024£702
July 2024£852
February 2024£652
January 2024£652
December 2023£602
November 2023£654
October 2023£702
August 2023£852

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries at auction?

SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries appeared in 5 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 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £65, with a high of £85 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 SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries?

SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries 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 £65 (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 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £65. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries?

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 £60, 24-month median £65 — 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 149.3 Ardnamurchan 6 Year Old Celebrating New Distilleries that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.

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