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GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42

£360
▲ 56.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

65

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 23 years. Based on 65 recorded auction lots across 28 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £235, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 is £282–£438 (±22% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 is up 56.5%, with a 6-month trend of +12.5% (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 GlenDronach

GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1993.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1993), 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 42) 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
1993
Cask number
42
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£235

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£282–£438 ±22%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 15% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 12.5%vs 6 months ago
▲ 56.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£293£412Jan 17Sept 17Dec 20Jun 24Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£3601
May 2026£3402
March 2026£4002
June 2024£3402
November 2023£3802
January 2022£3602
December 2021£3202
December 2020£3202
January 2020£3002
October 2019£2254
August 2019£3202
April 2019£2002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 at auction?

GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 appeared in 5 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 15% 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 GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42?

The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £235, with a high of £400 and a low of £180. 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 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 changed in value over the past year?

GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 is up 56.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42?

GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 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 £235 (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 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months GlenDronach 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 has moved up 56.5%, with a current median hammer price of £235. The bottle has been observed at auction across 65 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 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42?

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 £360, 24-month median £235 — 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 1993 23 Year Old Single Cask #42 that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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