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Glenlivet - Alpha

£200
41.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

156

Houses

2

Last sold

6 days ago

Glenlivet - Alpha is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenlivet. Based on 156 recorded auction lots across 82 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £175, with the most recent sale at £200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £92 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenlivet - Alpha is £121–£279 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenlivet - Alpha is down 41.2%, with a 6-month trend of -23.1% (down). 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 - Alpha is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as alpha, 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
Edition
Alpha
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£200

24-month median

£175

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£92

Estimated value · likely range

£121–£279 ±40%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% 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

£200

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 Auctions83£200£175
Whisky Hammer10£175£255
23.1%vs 6 months ago
41.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£89£271£453Jul 13Oct 14Jun 16Nov 17Mar 20Apr 22Aug 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2002
October 2025£2201
September 2025£2001
August 2025£2001
April 2025£2001
November 2024£2301
November 2023£2602
October 2023£2702
September 2023£3401
August 2023£3201
July 2023£2401
April 2023£3601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenlivet - Alpha at auction?

Glenlivet - Alpha appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 67% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 - Alpha?

The latest hammer price for Glenlivet - Alpha at auction is £200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £175, with a high of £440 and a low of £92. 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 - Alpha changed in value over the past year?

Glenlivet - Alpha is down 41.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenlivet - Alpha?

Glenlivet - Alpha 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 £175 (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 - Alpha a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenlivet - Alpha has moved down 41.2%, with a current median hammer price of £175. The bottle has been observed at auction across 156 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 - Alpha?

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 £200, 24-month median £175 — 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 - Alpha that hammers at £200 would cost the buyer approximately £252 all-in including buyer's premium.

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