Glenrothes 1989 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 132 recorded auction lots across 80 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £87, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £42 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1989 is £100–£140 (±17% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenrothes 1989 is up 92%, with a 6-month trend of +9.1% (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 1989 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), 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.
Latest sale
£120
24-month median
£87
24-month high
£180
24-month low
£42
Estimated value · likely range
£100–£140 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £120 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £155 | 2 |
| November 2025 | £140 | 2 |
| October 2025 | £90 | 3 |
| September 2025 | £93 | 2 |
| August 2025 | £130 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £110 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £95 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £60 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £80 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £63 | 2 |
| November 2024 | £80 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1989 at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £87, with a high of £180 and a low of £42. 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 1989 is up 92% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 9.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenrothes 1989 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 £87 (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 1989 has moved up 92%, with a current median hammer price of £87. The bottle has been observed at auction across 132 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 £120, 24-month median £87 — 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 1989 that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.
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