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Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938

£120

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach, bottled in 2005. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £140 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

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About GlenDronach

GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1938, released in 2005.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1938), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1938) 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
1938
Bottled
2005
Cask number
1938
Edition
Hand Filled
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£140

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£110–£130 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£116£130£144May 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1201
May 2026£1401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 at auction?

Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 appeared in 2 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 39% 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 Single Cask #1938?

The latest hammer price for Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £140 and a low of £120. 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 Single Cask #1938 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £120 to £140 (median £130).

Where can I sell Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938?

Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 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 £130 (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 Single Cask #1938 a good investment?

Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938 has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £130. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glendronach 2005 Hand Filled Single Cask #1938?

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 £120, 24-month median £130 — 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 Single Cask #1938 that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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