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Glenalba 34 Year Old

£80
6.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

165

Houses

1

Last sold

126 days ago

Glenalba 34 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenalba aged 34 years. Based on 165 recorded auction lots across 58 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £80. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £105 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenalba 34 Year Old is £72–£88 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenalba 34 Year Old is up 6.7%, with a 6-month trend of -11.1% (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 Glenalba

Glenalba is a whisky distillery. Glenalba 34 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 34 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 34-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Glenalba
Age
34 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£80

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£105

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£72–£88 ±10%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

30% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 12% of tracked bottles

Last seen

126 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

11.1%vs 6 months ago
6.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£78£108Jan 16Dec 17Jan 19Jul 20Nov 21May 23Jun 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£801
October 2025£752
September 2025£634
June 2025£752
May 2025£802
April 2025£802
January 2025£902
December 2024£952
July 2024£652
January 2024£652
October 2023£854
June 2023£702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenalba 34 Year Old at auction?

Glenalba 34 Year Old appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 30% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 12% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenalba 34 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glenalba 34 Year Old at auction is £80. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £105 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 Glenalba 34 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glenalba 34 Year Old is up 6.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenalba 34 Year Old?

Glenalba 34 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 £75 (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 Glenalba 34 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenalba 34 Year Old has moved up 6.7%, with a current median hammer price of £75. The bottle has been observed at auction across 165 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 Glenalba 34 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 £80, 24-month median £75 — 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 Glenalba 34 Year Old that hammers at £80 would cost the buyer approximately £101 all-in including buyer's premium.

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