Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cragganmore aged 29 years, bottled in 2003. Based on 25 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £310, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £460 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release is £308–£412 (±15% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release is up 105.7%, with a 6-month trend of +56.5% (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.
Cragganmore is a whisky distillery. Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1973, released in 2003.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
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
£360
24-month median
£310
24-month high
£460
24-month low
£175
Estimated value · likely range
£308–£412 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £360 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £360 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £420 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £340 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £320 | 2 |
| June 2020 | £300 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £360 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £350 | 2 |
| August 2019 | £460 | 1 |
| July 2019 | £300 | 3 |
| October 2018 | £300 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £310, with a high of £460 and a low of £175. 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.
Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release is up 105.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 56.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release 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 £310 (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 Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release has moved up 105.7%, with a current median hammer price of £310. The bottle has been observed at auction across 25 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 £360, 24-month median £310 — 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 Cragganmore 1973 29 Year Old 2003 Release that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.
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