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Glenrothes 2004

£45
28.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

59

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Glenrothes 2004 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 59 recorded auction lots across 23 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £50, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £75 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 2004 is £36–£54 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes 2004 is down 28.9%, with a 6-month trend of +5.9% (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 2004 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2004.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2004), 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
2004
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£45

24-month median

£50

24-month high

£75

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£36–£54 ±20%

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 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.9%vs 6 months ago
28.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£56£77Mar 18Jan 19Nov 19Aug 20Sept 21May 23May 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£451
March 2026£602
April 2025£402
August 2024£502
May 2024£352
March 2024£402
November 2023£438
May 2023£452
April 2022£602
October 2021£602
September 2021£502
November 2020£532

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 2004 at auction?

Glenrothes 2004 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 28% 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 2004?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 2004 at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £50, with a high of £75 and a low of £35. 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 2004 changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes 2004 is down 28.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes 2004?

Glenrothes 2004 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 £50 (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 2004 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes 2004 has moved down 28.9%, with a current median hammer price of £50. The bottle has been observed at auction across 59 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 2004?

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 £45, 24-month median £50 — 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 2004 that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.

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