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Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice

£205
2.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 17 lots a year

Auction lots

105

Houses

2

Last sold

35 days ago

Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rosebank. Based on 105 recorded auction lots across 43 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £240, with the most recent sale at £205. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £115 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice is £179–£231 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice is down 2.4%, with a 6-month trend of +13.9% (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 Rosebank

Rosebank is a whisky distillery. Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1991.

What drives this bottle's value

  • 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 (1991), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as choiceconnoisseurs, 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
Rosebank
Vintage
1991
Edition
Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£205

24-month median

£240

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£115

Estimated value · likely range

£179–£231 ±13%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

17 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

55% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 4% of tracked bottles

Last seen

35 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£230

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 Auctions72£180£230
Whisky Hammer7£170£310
13.9%vs 6 months ago
2.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£112£262£412Mar 14Jan 18Aug 19May 22Jan 24Jul 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2052
June 2026£2401
April 2026£2605
March 2026£1701
January 2026£2602
November 2025£2304
October 2025£1802
July 2025£2006
June 2025£2402
April 2025£1902
February 2025£2301
August 2024£2402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 17 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 55% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 4% 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 Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £205. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £240, with a high of £400 and a low of £115. 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 Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice is down 2.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 13.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice?

Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £240 (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 Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice has moved down 2.4%, with a current median hammer price of £240. The bottle has been observed at auction across 105 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 Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £205, 24-month median £240 — 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 Rosebank 1991 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £205 would cost the buyer approximately £258 all-in including buyer's premium.

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