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Glenrothes 1994

£120
60%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

72

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

Glenrothes 1994 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 72 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £60, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £30 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1994 is £100–£140 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes 1994 is up 60%, with a 6-month trend of +118.2% (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.

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About Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1994 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1994.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Glenrothes
Vintage
1994
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£60

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£30

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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

271 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

118.2%vs 6 months ago
60%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£29£76£124Aug 12Sept 15Aug 17Sept 18Nov 19Dec 21Jan 24Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£1201
July 2024£551
April 2024£601
March 2024£701
January 2024£851
July 2023£701
May 2023£551
March 2023£651
February 2023£851
June 2022£701
January 2022£701
December 2021£651

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 1994 at auction?

Glenrothes 1994 appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 1994?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1994 at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £60, with a high of £120 and a low of £30. 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 1994 changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes 1994 is up 60% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 118.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes 1994?

Glenrothes 1994 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 £60 (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 1994 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes 1994 has moved up 60%, with a current median hammer price of £60. The bottle has been observed at auction across 72 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenrothes 1994?

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 £60 — 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 1994 that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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