Glenrothes 1982 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 89 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £139, with the most recent sale at £80. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1982 is £69–£91 (±14% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenrothes 1982 is down 52.9%, with a 6-month trend of -57.9% (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.
Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1982 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1982.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.
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.
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Latest sale
£80
24-month median
£139
24-month high
£250
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£69–£91 ±14%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£139
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 70 | £220 | £139 |
| Whisky Hammer | 3 | £80 | £160 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £80 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £220 | 2 |
| January 2026 | £160 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £110 | 2 |
| June 2025 | £110 | 4 |
| September 2023 | £110 | 2 |
| November 2022 | £190 | 2 |
| May 2022 | £190 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £160 | 2 |
| September 2021 | £160 | 1 |
| August 2021 | £140 | 1 |
| July 2021 | £150 | 3 |
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The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1982 at auction is £80. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £139, with a high of £250 and a low of £80. 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 1982 is down 52.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 57.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenrothes 1982 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 £139 (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 1982 has moved down 52.9%, with a current median hammer price of £139. The bottle has been observed at auction across 89 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 £80, 24-month median £139 — 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 1982 that hammers at £80 would cost the buyer approximately £101 all-in including buyer's premium.
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