SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 is a collectable Scotch whisky from SMWS. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £355, with the most recent sale at £480. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £280 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 is £411–£549 (±14% around the latest sale).
SMWS is a whisky distillery. SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1979.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 75cl, 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.
Latest sale
£480
24-month median
£355
24-month high
£480
24-month low
£280
Estimated value · likely range
£411–£549 ±14%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
506 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | £480 | 1 |
| August 2017 | £390 | 1 |
| October 2014 | £280 | 1 |
| July 2014 | £320 | 1 |
SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 at auction is £480. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £355, with a high of £480 and a low of £280. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £280 to £480 (median £355).
SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 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 £355 (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%.
SMWS 87.1 Millburn 1979 has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £355. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £480, 24-month median £355 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 87.1 Millburn 1979 that hammers at £480 would cost the buyer approximately £605 all-in including buyer's premium.
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