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Glenrothes 18 Year Old

£95

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 21 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Glenrothes 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes aged 18 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 11 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 £85 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 18 Year Old is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

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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

£110

24-month low

£85

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
0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£98£113Jan 23Mar 24Mar 25Sept 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£951
May 2026£901
April 2026£1053
February 2026£1101
November 2025£851
October 2025£951
September 2025£951
May 2025£1051
March 2025£1001
March 2024£951
January 2023£851

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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 £110 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 Glenrothes 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenrothes 18 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £85 to £110 (median £95).

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?

Glenrothes 18 Year Old has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £95. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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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