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SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old

£130

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland Park aged 19 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £115, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old is £107–£153 17% around the latest sale).

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About Highland Park

Highland Park is a whisky distillery. SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 19 years old, distilled in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2005), 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 4x397) 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
19 years
Vintage
2005
Cask number
4x397
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£115

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£107–£153 ±17%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£146£196Nov 25Feb 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1301
July 2026£1152
June 2026£1701
May 2026£1901
April 2026£1102
February 2026£1002
November 2025£1102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 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 puts it in the top 7% 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 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £115, with a high of £190 and a low of £100. 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 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £190 (median £115).

Where can I sell SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old?

SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 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 £115 (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 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £115. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 4.397 Highland Park 2005 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 £115 — 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 4.397 Highland Park 2005 19 Year Old that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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