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Glenrothes1988 release70cl

Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition

£140

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes, bottled in 1988. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £165, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £245 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition is £117–£163 (±17% around the latest sale).

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About Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 2nd, 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
Bottled
1988
Edition
2nd
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£165

24-month high

£245

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£117–£163 ±17%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 15.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£194£252Aug 19Aug 20Oct 22Apr 25Nov 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1401
November 2025£2102
April 2025£1402
March 2023£2454
October 2022£2002
August 2020£1602
August 2019£1654

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition at auction?

Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition appeared in 3 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 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £165, with a high of £245 and a low of £140. 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 1988 2nd Edition changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £140 to £245 (median £165).

Where can I sell Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition?

Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition 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 £165 (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 1988 2nd Edition a good investment?

Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition has appeared in 17 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £165. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenrothes 1988 2nd Edition?

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 £140, 24-month median £165 — 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 1988 2nd Edition that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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