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SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old

£220

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from North British aged 16 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £220 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old is £187–£253 15% around the latest sale).

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About North British

North British is a whisky distillery. SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • 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
North British
Age
16 years
Vintage
1989
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£220

24-month low

£220

Estimated value · likely range

£187–£253 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£220

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions4£180£230
Whisky Hammer1£220£220

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £220 in July 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old at auction?

SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 39% 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 G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £220 and a low of £220. 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 G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £220 to £220 (median £220).

Where can I sell SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old?

SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 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 £220 (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 G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS G1 North British 1989 16 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 £220, 24-month median £220 — 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 G1 North British 1989 16 Year Old that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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