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Glenrothes 18 Year Old

£95
9.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 21 lots a year

Auction lots

53

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Glenrothes 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes aged 18 years. Based on 53 recorded auction lots across 27 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 18 Year Old is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes 18 Year Old is down 9.5%, with a 6-month trend of -13.6% (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 Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Glenrothes
Expression
18 Year Old
Age
18 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£65

Estimated value · likely range

£87–£103 ±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

21 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

425% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£95

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 Auctions33£95£95
Whisky Hammer13£95£95
13.6%vs 6 months ago
9.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£63£93£124Jan 19Jun 21Oct 23Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£952
July 2026£1152
June 2026£951
May 2026£901
April 2026£1053
March 2026£1034
February 2026£1101
January 2026£952
November 2025£1203
October 2025£951
September 2025£951
June 2025£1002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 18 Year Old at auction?

Glenrothes 18 Year Old appeared in 21 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 425% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% 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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 18 Year Old at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £120 and a low of £65. 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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes 18 Year Old is down 9.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes 18 Year Old?

Glenrothes 18 Year Old 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 £95 (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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes 18 Year Old has moved down 9.5%, with a current median hammer price of £95. The bottle has been observed at auction across 53 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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old?

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 £95, 24-month median £95 — 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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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