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Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley

£560
7.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Regularly traded· 29 lots a year

Auction lots

364

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 16 years. Based on 364 recorded auction lots across 80 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £240 (low) to £1,425 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley is £515–£605 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley is up 7.7%, with a 6-month trend of -3.4% (down). 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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1999.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1999), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as barleylocal, 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
16 years
Vintage
1999
Edition
Local Barley
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£560

24-month median

£600

24-month high

£1,425

24-month low

£240

Estimated value · likely range

£515–£605 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

29 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

9% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

3.4%vs 6 months ago
7.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£233£850£1,468Jan 18Oct 19Mar 21Jul 22Dec 23Feb 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5603
July 2026£5401
June 2026£5952
May 2026£6502
April 2026£7001
March 2026£6002
February 2026£5804
January 2026£6504
December 2025£5406
November 2025£5802
October 2025£5202
May 2025£5802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley at auction?

Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley appeared in 29 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 9% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 2% 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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley?

The latest hammer price for Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £1,425 and a low of £240. 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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley changed in value over the past year?

Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley is up 7.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 3.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley?

Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley 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 £600 (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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Springbank 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley has moved up 7.7%, with a current median hammer price of £600. The bottle has been observed at auction across 364 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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley?

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 £560, 24-month median £600 — 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 1999 16 Year Old Local Barley that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.

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