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SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975

£320

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

327 days ago

SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Royal Brackla. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £265, with the most recent sale at £320. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 is £254–£386 21% around the latest sale).

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About Royal Brackla

Royal Brackla is a whisky distillery. Royal Brackla SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Royal Brackla
Expression
SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975
Vintage
1975
Edition
SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£320

24-month median

£265

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£254–£386 ±21%

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

327 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£204£267£330Nov 17Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£3201
November 2017£2101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 at auction?

SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 at auction is £320. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £265, with a high of £320 and a low of £210. 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 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £320 (median £265).

Where can I sell SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975?

SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 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 £265 (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 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 a good investment?

SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £265. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975?

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 £320, 24-month median £265 — 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 55.6 Royal Brackla 1975 that hammers at £320 would cost the buyer approximately £403 all-in including buyer's premium.

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