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SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old

£130
▲ 30%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

19 days ago

SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Garioch aged 19 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old is £120–£140 (±8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old is up 30%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch is a whisky distillery. SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 19 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.

  • Age statement

    A 19-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 19x90) 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
Glen Garioch
Age
19 years
Vintage
2003
Cask number
19x90
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£120–£140 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

▲ 83% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 6% of tracked bottles

Last seen

19 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 0%vs 6 months ago
▲ 30%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£87£111£134Aug 23Jun 24Nov 24Jun 25Dec 25Mar 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1301
July 2026£1152
March 2026£902
January 2026£1102
December 2025£1202
November 2025£1102
June 2025£1302
February 2025£1002
November 2024£1102
August 2024£1102
June 2024£1254
March 2024£1302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old appeared in 11 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 83% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 6% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £130 and a low of £90. 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 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old is up 30% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old?

SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 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 £110 (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 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old has moved up 30%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 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 £130, 24-month median £110 — 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 19.90 Glen Garioch 2003 19 Year Old that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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