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SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary

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SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Grant aged 30 years. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £225, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary is £209–£311 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary is up 44.4%, with a 6-month trend of +23.8% (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.

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About Glen Grant

Glen Grant is a whisky distillery. SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • 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 9x149) 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Glen Grant
Age
30 years
Vintage
1988
Cask number
9x149
Bottler
smws
Edition
35thanniversary
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£225

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£209–£311 ±20%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

23.8%vs 6 months ago
44.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£2601
February 2025£2901
September 2024£3202
November 2023£3201
July 2023£2901
December 2021£3601
February 2021£2101
October 2019£2001
July 2019£2401
June 2019£2001
April 2019£1803
March 2019£2052

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £225, with a high of £360 and a low of £180. 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.

How much has SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary is up 44.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 23.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary?

SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary 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 £225 (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%.

Is SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary has moved up 44.4%, with a current median hammer price of £225. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary?

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 £260, 24-month median £225 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 9.149 Glen Grant 1988 30 Year Old 35th Anniversary that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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