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GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive

£240
20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

39

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 23 years. Based on 39 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £240, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £135 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive is £208–£273 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive is up 20%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1240) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
23 years
Vintage
1990
Cask number
1240
Edition
Uk Exclusive
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£240

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£135

Estimated value · likely range

£208–£273 ±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

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

33.3%vs 6 months ago
20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£131£251£371Feb 16Dec 18Jan 20Oct 21Jun 23Apr 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2401
October 2025£2302
August 2025£2402
April 2025£2502
September 2023£2902
August 2023£3204
June 2023£3602
March 2023£3202
November 2022£3202
October 2021£2502
July 2021£2302
April 2021£2602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive at auction?

GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive 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 is down 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 28% 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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive?

The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £240, with a high of £360 and a low of £135. 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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive changed in value over the past year?

GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive is up 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive?

GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive 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 £240 (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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive a good investment?

Over the past 12 months GlenDronach 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive has moved up 20%, with a current median hammer price of £240. The bottle has been observed at auction across 39 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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive?

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 £240, 24-month median £240 — 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 1990 23 Year Old Single Cask #1240 UK Exclusive that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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