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Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength)

£120

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

81 days ago

Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenkinchie aged 20 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) is £85–£155 29% around the latest sale).

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About Glenkinchie

Glenkinchie is a whisky distillery. Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskstrength, 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
Glenkinchie
Age
20 years
Vintage
1990
Edition
Cask Strength
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£85–£155 ±29%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£87£131£175Jan 22Oct 22Sept 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1201
March 2026£901
September 2024£1601
October 2022£1701
January 2022£901

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) at auction?

Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) appeared in 2 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 39% 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 Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength)?

The latest hammer price for Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £170 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 Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £90 to £170 (median £120).

Where can I sell Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength)?

Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) 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 £120 (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 Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) a good investment?

Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £120. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength)?

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 £120, 24-month median £120 — 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 Glenkinchie - 20 Year Old (1990 Cask Strength) that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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