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SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old

£160

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

2

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland Park aged 20 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £110 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old is £135–£185 15% around the latest sale).

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About Highland Park

Highland Park is a whisky distillery. SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 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 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 4x385) 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
Highland Park
Age
20 years
Vintage
2003
Cask number
4x385
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£160

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£110

Estimated value · likely range

£135–£185 ±15%

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

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£130

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions9£160£130
Whisky Hammer1£180£180

Price history (monthly median)

£107£136£165Aug 25Jan 26Apr 26Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1601
April 2026£1303
February 2026£1202
January 2026£1102
August 2025£1602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £160 and a low of £110. 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 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £110 to £160 (median £130).

Where can I sell SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old?

SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 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 £130 (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 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £130. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 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 £160, 24-month median £130 — 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 4.385 Highland Park 2003 20 Year Old that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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