SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benriach aged 30 years, bottled in 2020. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £420, with the most recent sale at £300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £290 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 is £276–£324 (±8% around the latest sale).
Benriach is a whisky distillery. SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1988, released in 2020.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 12x37) 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
£300
24-month median
£420
24-month high
£480
24-month low
£290
Estimated value · likely range
£276–£324 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £300 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £290 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £380 | 2 |
| October 2022 | £480 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £440 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £440 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £400 | 1 |
| February 2022 | £450 | 2 |
| December 2020 | £480 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £400 | 1 |
More from Benriach
The latest hammer price for SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 at auction is £300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £420, with a high of £480 and a low of £290. 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 SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £290 to £480 (median £420).
SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 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 £420 (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%.
SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £420. 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 £300, 24-month median £420 — 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 SMWS 12.37 BenRiach 1988 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 2020 that hammers at £300 would cost the buyer approximately £378 all-in including buyer's premium.
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