GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) is a collectable Scotch whisky from GlenDronach aged 41 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,138, with the most recent sale at £19,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £19,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) is £13,056–£24,944 (±31% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) is up 1361.5%, with a 6-month trend of +630.8% (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.
GlenDronach is a whisky distillery. GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 is an age-stated bottling at 41 years old, distilled in 1971.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1971), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 41-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 1247) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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
£19,000
24-month median
£2,138
24-month high
£19,000
24-month low
£400
Estimated value · likely range
£13,056–£24,944 ±31%
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 · Bonhams
Cross-house median
£2,125
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 10 | £2,000 | £1,650 |
| Whisky Hammer | 6 | £1,975 | £2,138 |
| Bonhams | 1 | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £19,000 | 1 |
| April 2026 | £2,000 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £1,975 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £2,125 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £2,150 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £2,600 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £2,600 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £3,550 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £3,350 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £2,200 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £2,700 | 1 |
| May 2018 | £1,250 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) at auction is £19,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,138, with a high of £19,000 and a low of £400. 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.
GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) is up 1361.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 630.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) 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 £2,138 (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 GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) has moved up 1361.5%, with a current median hammer price of £2,138. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £19,000, 24-month median £2,138 — 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 GlenDronach 41 Year Old (1971) Single Cask #1247 (1971) that hammers at £19,000 would cost the buyer approximately £23,940 all-in including buyer's premium.
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