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Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask

£190

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes aged 21 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask is £137–£243 28% around the latest sale).

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About Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfirst, 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
Glenrothes
Age
21 years
Vintage
1975
Edition
First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£240

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£137–£243 ±28%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

90%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£165£247Feb 15Jan 17Mar 18Aug 20Nov 22Nov 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1902
November 2024£1901
November 2022£1901
August 2020£1401
July 2019£1001
November 2018£1801
March 2018£1001
April 2017£1001
January 2017£2401
February 2015£851

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% 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 1975 21 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £240 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 1975 21 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £85 to £240 (median £160).

Where can I sell Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask?

Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask 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 £160 (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 1975 21 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £160. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenrothes 1975 21 Year Old First Cask?

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 £190, 24-month median £160 — 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 1975 21 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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