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Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve)

£230

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

39 days ago

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfiddich aged 18 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £310 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) is £194–£266 15% around the latest sale).

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About Glenfiddich

Glenfiddich is a whisky distillery. Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Glenfiddich
Expression
18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) Whisky Auction
Age
18 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£210

24-month high

£310

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£194–£266 ±15%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

53.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£87£203£319May 22Oct 23Jun 24Dec 24Dec 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2301
May 2026£1902
December 2025£1501
March 2025£901
December 2024£2101
June 2024£2351
October 2023£1501
October 2022£3101
September 2022£2201
July 2022£1701
May 2022£2101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) at auction?

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) appeared in 4 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 22% 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 Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve)?

The latest hammer price for Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £310 and a low of £90. 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 Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £90 to £310 (median £210).

Where can I sell Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve)?

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) 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 £210 (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 Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) a good investment?

Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £210. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve)?

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 £230, 24-month median £210 — 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 Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Decanter (Ancient Reserve) that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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