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SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year

£210

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year is a collectable Scotch whisky from Longmorn. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year is £179–£242 15% around the latest sale).

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About Longmorn

Longmorn is a whisky distillery. SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1985.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 7x87) 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
Longmorn
Vintage
1985
Cask number
7x87
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
27
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£210

24-month high

£210

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£179–£242 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £210 in May 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£2101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year at auction?

SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year 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 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £210 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 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £210 (median £210).

Where can I sell SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year?

SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year 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 £210 (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 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year a good investment?

SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £210. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year?

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 £210, 24-month median £210 — 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 7.87 Longmorn 1985 27 Year that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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