SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old aged 28 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £125, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is £181–£239 (±14% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is up 100%, with a 6-month trend of +110% (up). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is a whisky distillery. SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1986.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1986), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
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.
Latest sale
£210
24-month median
£125
24-month high
£210
24-month low
£95
Estimated value · likely range
£181–£239 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £210 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £140 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £190 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £138 | 3 |
| September 2018 | £210 | 1 |
| January 2018 | £120 | 1 |
| June 2017 | £100 | 1 |
| April 2017 | £118 | 2 |
| December 2016 | £125 | 1 |
| September 2016 | £105 | 1 |
| July 2016 | £95 | 1 |
| March 2016 | £135 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £125, with a high of £210 and a low of £95. 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.
SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old is up 100% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 110%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 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 £125 (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%.
Over the past 12 months SMWS G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old has moved up 100%, with a current median hammer price of £125. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.
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 £125 — 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 G14.1 Dumbarton 1986 28 Year Old that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.
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