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Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old

£150
▲ 3.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

29

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Spey aged 21 years. Based on 29 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £148, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old is £130–£170 (±14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old is up 3.4%, with a 6-month trend of -37.5% (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 Spey

Glen Spey is a whisky distillery. Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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 Spey
Age
21 years
Vintage
1989
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£148

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£130–£170 ±14%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 37.5%vs 6 months ago
▲ 3.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£87£250£412Jan 14Oct 17Oct 19Feb 22Aug 23Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1502
July 2026£1501
February 2024£1401
August 2023£1701
July 2022£1701
June 2022£2601
May 2022£2401
February 2022£4001
June 2020£1301
December 2019£2001
November 2019£1402
October 2019£2201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old at auction?

Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old appeared in 3 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 25% 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 Spey 1989 21 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £148, with a high of £400 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.

How much has Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old is up 3.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 37.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old?

Glen Spey 1989 21 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 £148 (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 Spey 1989 21 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glen Spey 1989 21 Year Old has moved up 3.4%, with a current median hammer price of £148. The bottle has been observed at auction across 29 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 Spey 1989 21 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 £150, 24-month median £148 — 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 Spey 1989 21 Year Old that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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