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SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection

£400

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

48 days ago

SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Bladnoch aged 34 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £300 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection is £353–£447 12% around the latest sale).

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About Bladnoch

Bladnoch is a whisky distillery. SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection is an age-stated bottling at 34 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 34-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 50x119) 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
Bladnoch
Age
34 years
Vintage
1990
Cask number
50x119
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
Vaults Collection
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£300

Estimated value · likely range

£353–£447 ±12%

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

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

48 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£291£352£412Nov 25Jan 26Apr 26Jun 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£4001
June 2026£3201
April 2026£3002
January 2026£3402
November 2025£4002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction?

SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection 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). That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £400 and a low of £300. 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 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £300 to £400 (median £340).

Where can I sell SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection?

SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection 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 £340 (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 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection a good investment?

SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £340. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection?

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 £400, 24-month median £340 — 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 50.119 Bladnoch 1990 34 Year Old Vaults Collection that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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