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GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971)

£1,975

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

3

Last sold

92 days ago

GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 41 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,150, with the most recent sale at £1,975. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,975 (low) to £3,550 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) is £1,412–£2,538 28% around the latest sale).

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About GlenDronach

GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 is an age-stated bottling at 41 years old, distilled in 1971.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1971), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 41-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1247) 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
Expression
41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247
Age
41 years
Vintage
1971
Cask number
1247
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,975

24-month median

£2,150

24-month high

£3,550

24-month low

£1,975

Estimated value · likely range

£1,412–£2,538 ±28%

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

3

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

92 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 · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£2,125

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 Auctions10£2,000£1,650
Whisky Hammer6£1,975£2,138
Bonhams1£19,000£19,000

Price history (monthly median)

£1,916£2,786£3,657Jan 23Dec 23Jun 25Dec 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£1,9752
December 2025£2,1251
June 2025£2,1501
December 2023£3,5501
January 2023£3,3501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) at auction?

GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) 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). It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971)?

The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) at auction is £1,975. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,150, with a high of £3,550 and a low of £1,975. 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 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,975 to £3,550 (median £2,150).

Where can I sell GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971)?

GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) 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 £2,150 (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 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) a good investment?

GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,150. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of GlenDronach 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971)?

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 £1,975, 24-month median £2,150 — 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 41 Year Old Single Cask #1247 (1971) that hammers at £1,975 would cost the buyer approximately £2,489 all-in including buyer's premium.

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