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Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish

£400
53.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

38

Houses

1

Last sold

327 days ago

Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenlivet. Based on 38 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £165 (low) to £1,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish is £279–£521 30% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish is up 53.8%, with a 6-month trend of +50.9% (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 Glenlivet

Glenlivet is a whisky distillery. Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1983.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish, 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
Glenlivet
Expression
1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish
Vintage
1983
Edition
Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£280

24-month high

£1,300

24-month low

£165

Estimated value · likely range

£279–£521 ±30%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

327 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

50.9%vs 6 months ago
53.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£160£750£1,339Feb 16Apr 18Mar 19Jun 20Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£4001
February 2024£4801
August 2022£4401
March 2022£5201
October 2020£3802
June 2020£3401
October 2019£2652
June 2019£3202
May 2019£2701
April 2019£3801
March 2019£1,3001
November 2018£3801

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish at auction?

Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish?

The latest hammer price for Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £1,300 and a low of £165. 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 Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish changed in value over the past year?

Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish is up 53.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 50.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish?

Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish 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 £280 (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 Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish has moved up 53.8%, with a current median hammer price of £280. The bottle has been observed at auction across 38 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 Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish?

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 £400, 24-month median £280 — 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 Glenlivet 1983 Cellar Collection French Oak Finish that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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