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Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured

£220
▼ 43.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

18

Houses

1

Last sold

107 days ago

Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenmorangie. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £290, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £390 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured is £188–£252 (±15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured is down 43.6%, with a 6-month trend of -21.4% (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 1988 Madeira Matured is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as madeiramatured, 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
Glenmorangie
Vintage
1988
Edition
Madeira Matured
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£290

24-month high

£390

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£188–£252 ±15%

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 92% of tracked bottles

Last seen

107 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 21.4%vs 6 months ago
▼ 43.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£288£402Sept 13Oct 16May 18Jun 20Dec 21May 23Jul 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2201
July 2025£2401
April 2024£3201
May 2023£3801
March 2023£2501
December 2021£2501
December 2020£2801
June 2020£3402
November 2018£3202
October 2018£3401
June 2018£3001
May 2018£3001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured at auction?

Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured 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 92% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured?

The latest hammer price for Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £290, with a high of £390 and a low of £180. 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 1988 Madeira Matured changed in value over the past year?

Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured is down 43.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 21.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured?

Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured 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 £290 (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 1988 Madeira Matured a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenmorangie 1988 Madeira Matured has moved down 43.6%, with a current median hammer price of £290. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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 1988 Madeira Matured?

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 £220, 24-month median £290 — 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 1988 Madeira Matured that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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