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Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op

£420
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 20 lots a year

Auction lots

50

Houses

1

Last sold

6 days ago

Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenglassaugh. Based on 50 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £420, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op is £386–£454 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Glenglassaugh

Glenglassaugh is a whisky distillery. Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1978.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Glenglassaugh
Vintage
1978
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£420

24-month high

£700

24-month low

£360

Estimated value · likely range

£386–£454 ±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

20 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

43% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£349£535£721Nov 21Nov 23Oct 24Oct 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4203
July 2026£3803
June 2026£4201
May 2026£3801
April 2026£3802
December 2025£4804
November 2025£4202
October 2025£3602
September 2025£4202
August 2025£6502
March 2025£3802
February 2025£3802

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op at auction?

Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op appeared in 20 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 43% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 3% 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 Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op?

The latest hammer price for Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £420, with a high of £700 and a low of £360. 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 Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op changed in value over the past year?

Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op?

Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op 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 £420 (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 Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £420. The bottle has been observed at auction across 50 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 Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op?

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 £420, 24-month median £420 — 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 Glenglassaugh 1978 Master Distillers Selection For Co-Op that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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