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SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old

£420
211.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 16 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £145, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old is £291–£549 31% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old is up 211.1%, with a 6-month trend of +100% (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 Springbank

Springbank is a whisky distillery. SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 27x107) 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
Springbank
Age
16 years
Vintage
1998
Cask number
27x107
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£145

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£95

Estimated value · likely range

£291–£549 ±31%

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

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

100%vs 6 months ago
211.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£92£381£670Dec 14Jul 16Nov 17Aug 19Nov 22Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£4201
November 2022£6501
February 2022£6001
May 2021£4001
August 2019£1901
January 2019£2401
December 2018£2101
November 2017£1451
September 2017£1601
August 2017£1451
December 2016£1451
November 2016£1551

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 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 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £145, with a high of £650 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 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old is up 211.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 100%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old?

SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 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 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old has moved up 211.1%, with a current median hammer price of £145. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 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 £420, 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 27.107 Springbank 1998 16 Year Old that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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