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Glen Garioch 8 Year Old

£35
30%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

65

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Garioch aged 8 years. Based on 65 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £38, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £145 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is £27–£43 24% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is down 30%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Garioch

Glen Garioch is a whisky distillery. Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Glen Garioch rather than by built-in rarity.

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
8 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£38

24-month high

£145

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£27–£43 ±24%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£35

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions53£35£35
Whisky Hammer6£23£30
0%vs 6 months ago
30%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£84£149Jun 12Nov 14Nov 16Oct 19Jul 21Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£351
October 2025£352
July 2022£402
August 2021£451
July 2021£451
March 2021£402
January 2021£352
September 2020£352
June 2020£402
October 2019£2712
September 2019£601
August 2019£601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Garioch 8 Year Old at auction?

Glen Garioch 8 Year Old appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 14% 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 8 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glen Garioch 8 Year Old at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £38, with a high of £145 and a low of £20. 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 8 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glen Garioch 8 Year Old is down 30% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glen Garioch 8 Year Old?

Glen Garioch 8 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 £38 (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 8 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glen Garioch 8 Year Old has moved down 30%, with a current median hammer price of £38. The bottle has been observed at auction across 65 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 Glen Garioch 8 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 £35, 24-month median £38 — 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 8 Year Old that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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