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Glenrothes Oldest Reserve

£200
11.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

82 days ago

Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is £172–£228 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is up 11.1%, with a 6-month trend of +81.8% (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 Oldest Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as oldestreserve, 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
Edition
Oldest Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£200

24-month median

£170

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£172–£228 ±14%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

82 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

81.8%vs 6 months ago
11.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£87£229£371Apr 17Aug 18Nov 19Oct 20Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£2001
March 2026£2102
November 2025£1702
November 2023£2002
June 2021£1602
November 2020£1101
October 2020£1101
September 2020£2302
November 2019£3602
July 2019£2302
December 2018£902
October 2018£1702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes Oldest Reserve at auction?

Glenrothes Oldest Reserve appeared in 5 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 17% 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 Oldest Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes Oldest Reserve at auction is £200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £360 and a low of £90. 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 Oldest Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is up 11.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 81.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes Oldest Reserve?

Glenrothes Oldest Reserve 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 £170 (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 Oldest Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes Oldest Reserve has moved up 11.1%, with a current median hammer price of £170. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 Oldest Reserve?

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 £200, 24-month median £170 — 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 Oldest Reserve that hammers at £200 would cost the buyer approximately £252 all-in including buyer's premium.

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