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SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old

£90

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bruichladdich aged 13 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £90. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old is £81–£99 11% around the latest sale).

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About Bruichladdich

Bruichladdich is a whisky distillery. SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 13 years old, distilled in 2008.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2008), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 23x80) 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
13 years
Vintage
2008
Cask number
23x80
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£90

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£81–£99 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£103£124Feb 23Jan 25Jun 25Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£901
June 2025£851
February 2025£1101
January 2025£1101
July 2023£851
June 2023£1032
May 2023£1201
March 2023£952
February 2023£953

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 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 is down 67% on the previous year. 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 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old at auction is £90. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £120 and a low of £85. 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 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £85 to £120 (median £95).

Where can I sell SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old?

SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 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 £95 (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 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £95. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 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 £90, 24-month median £95 — 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 23.80 Bruichladdich 2008 13 Year Old that hammers at £90 would cost the buyer approximately £113 all-in including buyer's premium.

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