Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood is a collectable Scotch whisky from Springbank aged 17 years. Based on 252 recorded auction lots across 71 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood is £267–£313 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood is down 32.6%, with a 6-month trend of -19.4% (down). 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.
Springbank is a whisky distillery. Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as sherrywood, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
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
£290
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£540
24-month low
£90
Estimated value · likely range
£267–£313 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | £290 | 1 |
| May 2026 | £300 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £320 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £290 | 2 |
| November 2025 | £290 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £347 | 6 |
| May 2025 | £360 | 2 |
| November 2024 | £360 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £370 | 4 |
| August 2024 | £460 | 4 |
| July 2024 | £480 | 2 |
| March 2024 | £420 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £540 and a low of £90. 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.
Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood is down 32.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 19.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood 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 £220 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood has moved down 32.6%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 252 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.
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 £290, 24-month median £220 — 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 Springbank 1997 17 Year Old Sherry Wood that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.
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