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SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old

£95
43%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 10 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £145, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old is £84–£106 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old is down 43%, with a 6-month trend of -34.5% (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 Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 10 years old, distilled in 2010.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2010), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 23x79) 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
Bruichladdich
Age
10 years
Vintage
2010
Cask number
23x79
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£145

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£95

Estimated value · likely range

£84–£106 ±11%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

34.5%vs 6 months ago
43%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£92£144£196Jun 22Oct 23Aug 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£951
January 2026£1201
August 2024£1202
November 2023£1301
October 2023£1201
June 2023£1401
March 2023£1452
February 2023£1401
December 2022£1501
November 2022£1601
October 2022£1601
September 2022£1554

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% 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 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £145, with a high of £190 and a low of £95. 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 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old is down 43% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 34.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old?

SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 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 £145 (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 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old has moved down 43%, with a current median hammer price of £145. 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 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 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 £95, 24-month median £145 — 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 23.79 Bruichladdich 2010 10 Year Old that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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