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Glenmorangie 1979

£260
23.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

80

Houses

1

Last sold

27 days ago

Glenmorangie 1979 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenmorangie. Based on 80 recorded auction lots across 40 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenmorangie 1979 is £239–£281 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenmorangie 1979 is down 23.5%, with a 6-month trend of -7.1% (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 Glenmorangie

Glenmorangie is a whisky distillery. Glenmorangie 1979 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1979.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1979), 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
Glenmorangie
Vintage
1979
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£260

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£239–£281 ±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

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

27 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.1%vs 6 months ago
23.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£295£453Jun 12Aug 13Apr 16May 18Jun 20Apr 23Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2601
July 2026£3001
April 2026£2602
December 2025£2754
November 2025£3002
September 2025£2602
January 2025£2802
August 2024£3002
May 2023£3602
April 2023£4404
November 2021£4202
May 2021£3402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenmorangie 1979 at auction?

Glenmorangie 1979 appeared in 12 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 7% 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 Glenmorangie 1979?

The latest hammer price for Glenmorangie 1979 at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £440 and a low of £140. 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 Glenmorangie 1979 changed in value over the past year?

Glenmorangie 1979 is down 23.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenmorangie 1979?

Glenmorangie 1979 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 £260 (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 Glenmorangie 1979 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenmorangie 1979 has moved down 23.5%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 80 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 Glenmorangie 1979?

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 £260, 24-month median £260 — 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 Glenmorangie 1979 that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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