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SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old

£65

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Elgin aged 8 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £65 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old is £60–£70 8% around the latest sale).

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About Glen Elgin

Glen Elgin is a whisky distillery. SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old, distilled in 2007.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2007), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 85x37) 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
Glen Elgin
Age
8 years
Vintage
2007
Cask number
85x37
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£65

24-month median

£50

24-month high

£65

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£60–£70 ±8%

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

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

62.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£53£67Jun 17Mar 19Feb 20Jun 21Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£651
June 2021£401
February 2020£501
June 2019£551
March 2019£501
June 2018£601
March 2018£401
August 2017£501
June 2017£551

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old 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 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £65 and a low of £40. 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 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £40 to £65 (median £50).

Where can I sell SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old?

SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 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 £50 (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 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £50. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 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 £65, 24-month median £50 — 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 85.37 Glen Elgin 2007 8 Year Old that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.

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