Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes, bottled in 1978. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £310 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release is £237–£343 (±18% around the latest sale).
Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1978.
Named / limited release
Released as restricted, 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
£290
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£310
24-month low
£150
Estimated value · likely range
£237–£343 ±18%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £290 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £280 | 1 |
| June 2019 | £220 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £200 | 2 |
| December 2018 | £210 | 2 |
| August 2017 | £310 | 1 |
| January 2014 | £150 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £310 and a low of £150. 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 Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £150 to £310 (median £220).
Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release 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%.
Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release has appeared in 9 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 £290, 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 Glenrothes 1978 Restricted Release that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.
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