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Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old

£3,100

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

201 days ago

Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Garioch aged 29 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,675, with the most recent sale at £3,100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £2,250 (low) to £3,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old is £2,607–£3,593 16% around the latest sale).

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About Glen Garioch

Glen Garioch is a whisky distillery. Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1968.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1968), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as archive, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Glen Garioch
Age
29 years
Vintage
1968
Edition
Archive
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£3,100

24-month median

£2,675

24-month high

£3,100

24-month low

£2,250

Estimated value · likely range

£2,607–£3,593 ±16%

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

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

201 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£2,183£2,688£3,193Jan 26Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£3,1001
January 2026£2,2501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old at auction?

Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old at auction is £3,100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,675, with a high of £3,100 and a low of £2,250. 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 Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £2,250 to £3,100 (median £2,675).

Where can I sell Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old?

Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old 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 £2,675 (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 Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old a good investment?

Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,675. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old?

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 £3,100, 24-month median £2,675 — 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 Glen Garioch 1968 Official Distillery Archive 29 Year Old that hammers at £3,100 would cost the buyer approximately £3,906 all-in including buyer's premium.

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