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Glenrothes - Select Reserve

£35
40%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 25 lots a year

Auction lots

363

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Glenrothes - Select Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 363 recorded auction lots across 104 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £30, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £60 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes - Select Reserve is £32–£38 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes - Select Reserve is up 40%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 - Select Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as reserveselect, 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
Select Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£30

24-month high

£60

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£32–£38 ±8%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

25 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

19% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£30

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 Auctions205£35£30
Whisky Hammer23£40£32
0%vs 6 months ago
40%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£41£62Feb 13Apr 16Feb 18Nov 19Dec 21Nov 23Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£351
July 2026£352
April 2026£334
February 2026£334
December 2025£352
November 2025£352
October 2025£352
July 2025£352
April 2025£336
February 2025£352
December 2024£402
October 2024£304

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenrothes - Select Reserve at auction?

Glenrothes - Select Reserve appeared in 25 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 19% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% 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 - Select Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes - Select Reserve at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £30, with a high of £60 and a low of £20. 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 - Select Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes - Select Reserve is up 40% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes - Select Reserve?

Glenrothes - Select 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 £30 (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 - Select Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes - Select Reserve has moved up 40%, with a current median hammer price of £30. The bottle has been observed at auction across 363 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 - Select 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 £35, 24-month median £30 — 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 - Select Reserve that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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