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Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis

£750

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

2

Last sold

81 days ago

Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 26 years. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £920, with the most recent sale at £750. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £740 (low) to £1,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis is £681–£819 9% around the latest sale).

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About Springbank

Springbank is a whisky distillery. Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as travis, 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
26 years
Vintage
1998
Edition
Travis
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£750

24-month median

£920

24-month high

£1,200

24-month low

£740

Estimated value · likely range

£681–£819 ±9%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

78% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£945

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 Auctions9£750£950
Whisky Hammer7£760£920
18.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£718£977£1,236Sept 24Feb 25May 25Jul 25Dec 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£7501
February 2026£7601
January 2026£7401
December 2025£8002
July 2025£8201
May 2025£9401
February 2025£9201
December 2024£9502
November 2024£1,2001
October 2024£9506
September 2024£1,03011

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis at auction?

Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 78% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 1998 26 Year Old Travis?

The latest hammer price for Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis at auction is £750. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £920, with a high of £1,200 and a low of £740. 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 1998 26 Year Old Travis changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £740 to £1,200 (median £920).

Where can I sell Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis?

Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis 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 £920 (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 1998 26 Year Old Travis a good investment?

Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis has appeared in 28 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £920. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Springbank 1998 26 Year Old Travis?

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 £750, 24-month median £920 — 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 1998 26 Year Old Travis that hammers at £750 would cost the buyer approximately £945 all-in including buyer's premium.

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