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GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition

£850
19%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 22 lots a year

Auction lots

177

Houses

3

Last sold

25 days ago

GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 29 years. Based on 177 recorded auction lots across 44 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,025, with the most recent sale at £850. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £800 (low) to £1,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition is £782–£918 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition is down 19%, with a 6-month trend of -15% (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 GlenDronach

GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition is an age-stated bottling at 29 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.

  • Considerable age

    A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as kingsman, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
GlenDronach
Age
29 years
Vintage
1989
Edition
Kingsman
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£850

24-month median

£1,025

24-month high

£1,500

24-month low

£800

Estimated value · likely range

£782–£918 ±8%

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

22 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

57% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 3 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£1,025

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions85£850£1,025
Whisky Hammer5£960£970
whisky.auction1£1,000£1,000
15%vs 6 months ago
19%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£776£1,161£1,545Oct 20Jun 21Mar 22Apr 23Jan 24Jan 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£8501
June 2026£8001
April 2026£9752
March 2026£9306
February 2026£9506
September 2025£9676
May 2025£1,0002
February 2025£9002
January 2025£1,0002
December 2024£1,0006
September 2024£1,0502
August 2024£1,0254

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition at auction?

GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition appeared in 22 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 57% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition?

The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition at auction is £850. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,025, with a high of £1,500 and a low of £800. 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 GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition changed in value over the past year?

GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition is down 19% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition?

GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition 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 £1,025 (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 GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition has moved down 19%, with a current median hammer price of £1,025. The bottle has been observed at auction across 177 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 GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition?

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 £850, 24-month median £1,025 — 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 GlenDronach 1989 29 Year Old Kingsman Edition that hammers at £850 would cost the buyer approximately £1,071 all-in including buyer's premium.

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