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Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive

£120
7.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 51 lots a year

Auction lots

390

Houses

2

Last sold

6 days ago

Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenlivet aged 21 years. Based on 390 recorded auction lots across 96 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 £85 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive is down 7.7%, with a 6-month trend of +20% (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 21 Year Old Archive is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as archive, 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
Age
21 years
Edition
Archive
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£110–£130 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

51 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

31% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£120

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 Auctions180£120£120
Whisky Hammer36£95£130
20%vs 6 months ago
7.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£129£175Feb 16Apr 18Jan 20Mar 22Dec 23Apr 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1202
July 2026£1102
June 2026£1103
May 2026£1201
April 2026£1003
March 2026£853
February 2026£1005
January 2026£1139
December 2025£1503
November 2025£1254
October 2025£11411
September 2025£1255

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive at auction?

Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive appeared in 51 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 31% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 21 Year Old Archive?

The latest hammer price for Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive 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 £85. 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 21 Year Old Archive changed in value over the past year?

Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive is down 7.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive?

Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive 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 Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive has moved down 7.7%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 390 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 21 Year Old Archive?

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 Glenlivet 21 Year Old Archive that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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