Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rosebank aged 30 years. Based on 176 recorded auction lots across 54 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,513, with the most recent sale at £875. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £867 (low) to £2,075 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 is £805–£945 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 is down 37.5%, with a 6-month trend of -12.5% (down). 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.
Rosebank is a whisky distillery. Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1990.
Closed / ghost distillery
Rosebank was silent from 1993 until its 2023 revival, so bottlings from the original distillery are finite.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as seq1, 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.
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Latest sale
£875
24-month median
£1,513
24-month high
£2,075
24-month low
£867
Estimated value · likely range
£805–£945 ±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.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£1,388
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 87 | £900 | £1,300 |
| Whisky Hammer | 27 | £840 | £1,500 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | £875 | 2 |
| April 2026 | £900 | 3 |
| March 2026 | £870 | 4 |
| December 2025 | £867 | 7 |
| November 2025 | £900 | 3 |
| October 2025 | £900 | 2 |
| September 2025 | £1,000 | 3 |
| August 2025 | £1,200 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £900 | 2 |
| June 2025 | £1,525 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £1,100 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £1,300 | 3 |
The latest hammer price for Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 at auction is £875. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,513, with a high of £2,075 and a low of £867. 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.
Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 is down 37.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 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 £1,513 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 has moved down 37.5%, with a current median hammer price of £1,513. The bottle has been observed at auction across 176 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.
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 £875, 24-month median £1,513 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Rosebank 1990 30 Year Old Release #1 that hammers at £875 would cost the buyer approximately £1,103 all-in including buyer's premium.
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