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GlenDronach2005 release70cl

GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930

£130
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach, bottled in 2005. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £119 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 is £120–£140 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 is up 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of -59.4% (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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1930, released in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1930), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1930) 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
Vintage
1930
Bottled
2005
Cask number
1930
Edition
Hand Filled
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£140

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£119

Estimated value · likely range

£120–£140 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

59.4%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£223£330Jan 20Sept 20Dec 23Oct 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1301
December 2025£1301
October 2025£1301
October 2024£1701
December 2023£1501
October 2022£1501
May 2021£3201
April 2021£1201
March 2021£1502
January 2021£1401
December 2020£1401
October 2020£1195

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 at auction?

GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 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 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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930?

The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £320 and a low of £119. 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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 changed in value over the past year?

GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 is up 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 59.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930?

GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 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 £140 (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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months GlenDronach 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 has moved up 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £140. The bottle has been observed at auction across 22 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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930?

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 £130, 24-month median £140 — 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 2005 Hand Filled Cask #1930 that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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