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Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence

£330
29.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

167

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfiddich aged 26 years. Based on 167 recorded auction lots across 58 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £245, with the most recent sale at £330. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £470 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence is £304–£356 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence is up 29.4%, with a 6-month trend of +17.9% (up). 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 26 Year Old Excellence is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as excellence, 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
26 years
Edition
Excellence
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£330

24-month median

£245

24-month high

£470

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£304–£356 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

27% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£240

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
Scotch Whisky Auctions106£280£240
Whisky Hammer7£470£255
17.9%vs 6 months ago
29.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£320£484Nov 16May 18Apr 19Mar 20Jun 22Nov 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£3302
June 2026£4701
March 2026£3402
February 2026£3154
January 2026£4002
December 2025£3301
October 2025£2802
July 2025£2402
May 2025£3602
April 2025£1602
March 2025£3002
December 2024£3802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence at auction?

Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 27% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 26 Year Old Excellence?

The latest hammer price for Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence at auction is £330. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £245, with a high of £470 and a low of £160. 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 26 Year Old Excellence changed in value over the past year?

Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence is up 29.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 17.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence?

Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence 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 £245 (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 26 Year Old Excellence a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfiddich 26 Year Old Excellence has moved up 29.4%, with a current median hammer price of £245. The bottle has been observed at auction across 167 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 26 Year Old Excellence?

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 £330, 24-month median £245 — 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 26 Year Old Excellence that hammers at £330 would cost the buyer approximately £416 all-in including buyer's premium.

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