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SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old

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SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old aged 29 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £145 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old is £149–£211 17% around the latest sale).

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About SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old

SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old is a whisky distillery. SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1983.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 72x30) 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
SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old
Age
29 years
Vintage
1983
Cask number
72x30
Bottler
smws
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£170

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£145

Estimated value · likely range

£149–£211 ±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.

12.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1801
March 2025£2101
November 2024£2401
September 2018£2201
September 2017£1501
May 2017£1551
October 2016£1601
September 2016£1451

Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £240 and a low of £145. 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 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £145 to £240 (median £170).

Where can I sell SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old?

SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 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 £170 (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 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £170. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 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 £180, 24-month median £170 — 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 72.30 Miltonduff 1983 29 Year Old that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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