Glenmorangie 1979 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenmorangie. Based on 78 recorded auction lots across 38 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenmorangie 1979 is £199–£321 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenmorangie 1979 is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of -27.8% (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.
Glenmorangie is a whisky distillery. Glenmorangie 1979 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1979.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.
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
£260
24-month median
£260
24-month high
£440
24-month low
£140
Estimated value · likely range
£199–£321 ±23%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £260 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £275 | 4 |
| November 2025 | £300 | 2 |
| September 2025 | £260 | 2 |
| January 2025 | £280 | 2 |
| August 2024 | £300 | 2 |
| May 2023 | £360 | 2 |
| April 2023 | £440 | 4 |
| November 2021 | £420 | 2 |
| May 2021 | £340 | 2 |
| April 2021 | £340 | 2 |
| November 2020 | £260 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glenmorangie 1979 at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £440 and a low of £140. 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.
Glenmorangie 1979 is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenmorangie 1979 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 £260 (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 Glenmorangie 1979 has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 78 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 £260, 24-month median £260 — 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 Glenmorangie 1979 that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.
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