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Glen Scotia 16 Year Old

£110
▲ 15.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

54

Houses

1

Last sold

352 days ago

Glen Scotia 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Scotia aged 16 years. Based on 54 recorded auction lots across 26 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Scotia 16 Year Old is £89–£131 (±19% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glen Scotia 16 Year Old is up 15.8%, with a 6-month trend of +22.2% (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 Scotia

Glen Scotia is a whisky distillery. Glen Scotia 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Glen Scotia 16 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
16 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£110

24-month median

£80

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£89–£131 ±19%

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

352 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 22.2%vs 6 months ago
▲ 15.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£102£155Sept 16May 17Aug 19Mar 22Jul 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1102
July 2025£1102
February 2024£1002
July 2023£854
October 2022£1402
March 2022£1502
September 2021£902
March 2021£1102
October 2020£652
January 2020£502
November 2019£702
October 2019£702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Scotia 16 Year Old at auction?

Glen Scotia 16 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 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glen Scotia 16 Year Old at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £150 and a low of £50. 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 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glen Scotia 16 Year Old is up 15.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 22.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glen Scotia 16 Year Old?

Glen Scotia 16 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 £80 (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 16 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glen Scotia 16 Year Old has moved up 15.8%, with a current median hammer price of £80. 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 16 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 £110, 24-month median £80 — 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 16 Year Old that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.

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