Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Elgin aged 26 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £198. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £198 (low) to £255 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) is £182–£213 (±8% around the latest sale).
Glen Elgin is a whisky distillery. Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as easternfoxmythninesalonseriestailed, 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.
Latest sale
£198
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£255
24-month low
£198
Estimated value · likely range
£182–£213 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £198 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £220 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £255 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £220 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) at auction is £198. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £255 and a low of £198. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £198 to £255 (median £220).
Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) 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 £220 (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%.
Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £198, 24-month median £220 — 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 Glen Elgin - 26 Year Old (1996) Eastern Myth Series - Nine Tailed Fox (Spirit Salon) that hammers at £198 would cost the buyer approximately £249 all-in including buyer's premium.
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