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Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve

£1,100
▼ 21.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

24

Houses

1

Last sold

135 days ago

Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfiddich aged 30 years. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,250, with the most recent sale at £1,100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £900 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve is £985–£1,216 (±11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve is down 21.4%, with a 6-month trend of -8.3% (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 Glenfiddich

Glenfiddich is a whisky distillery. Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1968.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1968), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as reserve, 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
Glenfiddich
Age
30 years
Vintage
1968
Edition
Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,100

24-month median

£1,250

24-month high

£1,800

24-month low

£900

Estimated value · likely range

£985–£1,216 ±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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 12% of tracked bottles

Last seen

135 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 8.3%vs 6 months ago
▼ 21.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£873£1,364£1,854Dec 15Oct 16Nov 18Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1,1001
May 2026£1,3001
December 2025£9502
November 2025£1,3002
July 2025£1,7002
November 2018£1,8002
March 2018£1,2002
October 2017£1,2001
September 2017£1,2001
June 2017£1,0502
March 2017£1,3502
October 2016£1,5502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve at auction?

Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve appeared in 6 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 12% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve at auction is £1,100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,250, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £900. 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 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve is down 21.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve?

Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage 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 £1,250 (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 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve has moved down 21.4%, with a current median hammer price of £1,250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 Glenfiddich 1968 30 Year Old Vintage 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 £1,100, 24-month median £1,250 — 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 1968 30 Year Old Vintage Reserve that hammers at £1,100 would cost the buyer approximately £1,386 all-in including buyer's premium.

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