SMWS 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney aged 31 years. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £440, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection is £386–£454 (±8% around the latest sale).
Old Pulteney is a whisky distillery. SMWS 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection is an age-stated bottling at 31 years old, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 31-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 52x33) 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
£420
24-month median
£440
24-month high
£700
24-month low
£420
Estimated value · likely range
£386–£454 ±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 | £420 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £460 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £540 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £440 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £440 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £700 | 1 |
| July 2021 | £420 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for SMWS 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £440, with a high of £700 and a low of £420. 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 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £420 to £700 (median £440).
SMWS 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection 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 £440 (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 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £440. 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 £420, 24-month median £440 — 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 52.33 Old Pulteney 1989 31 Year Old Vaults Collection that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.
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