Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes, bottled in 1972. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £240 (low) to £750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release is £293–£468 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release is up 31%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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.
Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1972.
Named / limited release
Released as restricted, 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.
Latest sale
£380
24-month median
£380
24-month high
£750
24-month low
£240
Estimated value · likely range
£293–£468 ±23%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| January 2025 | £750 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £380 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £520 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £520 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £470 | 2 |
| August 2019 | £380 | 1 |
| October 2018 | £600 | 1 |
| September 2018 | £460 | 1 |
| March 2016 | £420 | 1 |
| January 2015 | £310 | 1 |
| December 2014 | £260 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £750 and a low of £240. 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.
Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release is up 31% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release 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 £380 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Glenrothes 1972 Restricted Release has moved up 31%, with a current median hammer price of £380. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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.
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 £380, 24-month median £380 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1972 Restricted Release that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.
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