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Glen Scotia 12 Year Old

£35
▼ 12.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

54

Houses

1

Last sold

107 days ago

Glen Scotia 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Scotia aged 12 years. Based on 54 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £90 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Scotia 12 Year Old is £29–£41 (±16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glen Scotia 12 Year Old is down 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of -30% (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.

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About Glen Scotia

Glen Scotia is a whisky distillery. Glen Scotia 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Glen Scotia 12 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 Scotia 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 Scotia
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£50

24-month high

£90

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£29–£41 ±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 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

107 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 30%vs 6 months ago
▼ 12.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£56£93Apr 13Nov 16Apr 18Apr 19Jan 21Mar 22May 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£352
October 2025£501
July 2025£551
October 2024£601
May 2024£582
April 2024£482
January 2024£501
July 2023£651
March 2023£401
October 2022£752
May 2022£801
March 2022£851

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Scotia 12 Year Old at auction?

Glen Scotia 12 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 36% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glen Scotia 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glen Scotia 12 Year Old at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £90 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 Scotia 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glen Scotia 12 Year Old is down 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 30%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glen Scotia 12 Year Old?

Glen Scotia 12 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 £50 (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 Scotia 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glen Scotia 12 Year Old has moved down 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £50. The bottle has been observed at auction across 54 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 Scotia 12 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 £50 — 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 Scotia 12 Year Old that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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