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Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine)

£100

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

2

Last sold

53 days ago

Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 8 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £115, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) is £89–£111 11% around the latest sale).

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About GlenDronach

GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as octarine, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
8 years
Edition
Octarine
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£115

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£70

Estimated value · likely range

£89–£111 ±11%

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

2

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions

Cross-house median

£115

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Whisky Hammer7£70£120
Scotch Whisky Auctions1£100£100
16.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£68£116£165Sept 22Jul 24Dec 24Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1001
April 2026£701
January 2026£851
December 2024£1101
July 2024£1601
January 2023£1301
November 2022£1201
September 2022£1201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) at auction?

Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. 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 - 8 Year Old (Octarine)?

The latest hammer price for Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £115, with a high of £160 and a low of £70. 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 - 8 Year Old (Octarine) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £70 to £160 (median £115).

Where can I sell Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine)?

Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) 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 £115 (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 - 8 Year Old (Octarine) a good investment?

Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine) has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £115. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glendronach - 8 Year Old (Octarine)?

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 £100, 24-month median £115 — 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 - 8 Year Old (Octarine) that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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