SMWS 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Auchentoshan aged 18 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £85, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 is £64–£76 (±8% around the latest sale).
Auchentoshan is a whisky distillery. SMWS 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2022.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2022), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as lowlandrare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
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
£70
24-month median
£85
24-month high
£150
24-month low
£70
Estimated value · likely range
£64–£76 ±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 | £70 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £85 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £70 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £90 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £110 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £85 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £83 | 2 |
| July 2022 | £90 | 2 |
| June 2022 | £150 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for SMWS 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £85, with a high of £150 and a low of £70. 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 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £70 to £150 (median £85).
SMWS 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 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 £85 (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 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £85. 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 £70, 24-month median £85 — 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 5 Auchentoshan Rare Release 18 Year Old For Lowland Spirit 2022 that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.
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