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SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old

£140

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Craigellachie aged 20 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old is £128–£153 9% around the latest sale).

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About Craigellachie

Craigellachie is a whisky distillery. SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 2002.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2002), 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 44x172) 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
Craigellachie
Age
20 years
Vintage
2002
Cask number
44x172
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£140

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£128–£153 ±9%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£161£185Jun 24Aug 25Nov 25Jan 26Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1401
January 2026£1802
November 2025£1402
August 2025£1402
September 2024£1402
August 2024£1602
July 2024£1402
June 2024£1802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £180 and a low of £140. 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 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £140 to £180 (median £140).

Where can I sell SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old?

SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 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 £140 (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 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £140. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 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 £140, 24-month median £140 — 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 44.172 Craigellachie 2002 20 Year Old that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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