Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Spey aged 20 years, bottled in 2005. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% is £162–£219 (±15% around the latest sale).
Glen Spey is a whisky distillery. Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1985, released in 2005.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1985), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 80x4) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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
£190
24-month median
£190
24-month high
£190
24-month low
£190
Estimated value · likely range
£162–£219 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £190 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £190 and a low of £190. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £190 to £190 (median £190).
Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% 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 £190 (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%.
Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £190. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £190, 24-month median £190 — 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 Glen Spey 1985 20 Year Old Bottled 2005 - SMWS 80.4 70cl / 52.9% that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.
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