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Glenrothes 42 Year Old

£1,850

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

2

Last sold

10 days ago

Glenrothes 42 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes aged 42 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,850, with the most recent sale at £1,850. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,850 (low) to £1,850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 42 Year Old is £1,573–£2,128 15% around the latest sale).

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About Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 42 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 42 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 42-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Expression
42 Year Old
Age
42 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,850

24-month median

£1,850

24-month high

£1,850

24-month low

£1,850

Estimated value · likely range

£1,573–£2,128 ±15%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

10 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Auctioneer

Cross-house median

£2,025

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions1£2,200£2,200
Whisky Auctioneer1£1,850£1,850

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £1,850 in May 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1,8501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes 42 Year Old at auction?

Glenrothes 42 Year Old appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 39% 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 42 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 42 Year Old at auction is £1,850. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,850, with a high of £1,850 and a low of £1,850. 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 42 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenrothes 42 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,850 to £1,850 (median £1,850).

Where can I sell Glenrothes 42 Year Old?

Glenrothes 42 Year Old 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 £1,850 (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 42 Year Old a good investment?

Glenrothes 42 Year Old has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,850. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenrothes 42 Year Old?

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 £1,850, 24-month median £1,850 — 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 42 Year Old that hammers at £1,850 would cost the buyer approximately £2,331 all-in including buyer's premium.

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