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Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood

£250
3.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

83

Houses

1

Last sold

12 days ago

Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 14 years. Based on 83 recorded auction lots across 42 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £225, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood is £230–£270 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood is down 3.8%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.

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About Springbank

Springbank is a whisky distillery. Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood is an age-stated bottling at 14 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as portwood, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Springbank
Age
14 years
Vintage
1989
Edition
Wood
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£250

24-month median

£225

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£230–£270 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

83% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

12 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
3.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£255£412Sept 16Jul 18Jun 19Oct 20Nov 21Apr 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2502
June 2026£2201
March 2026£2302
January 2026£2202
October 2025£2302
September 2025£2702
April 2025£2502
March 2025£3002
October 2024£2602
June 2024£2702
June 2023£3202
April 2022£4004

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood at auction?

Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood appeared in 11 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 83% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 7% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood?

The latest hammer price for Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £225, with a high of £400 and a low of £100. 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 Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood changed in value over the past year?

Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood is down 3.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood?

Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood 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 £225 (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 Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood has moved down 3.8%, with a current median hammer price of £225. The bottle has been observed at auction across 83 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood?

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 £250, 24-month median £225 — 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 Springbank 1989 14 Year Old Port Wood that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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