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Glenrothes 1987

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Glenrothes 1987 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 70 recorded auction lots across 49 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes 1987 is £71–£129 29% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes 1987 is down 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of +33.3% (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 Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes 1987 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1987.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1987), 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Glenrothes
Vintage
1987
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£71–£129 ±29%

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 across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£95

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions46£170£95
Whisky Hammer5£90£130
whisky.auction1£110£110
33.3%vs 6 months ago
16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£1002
December 2025£1402
June 2025£1401
May 2025£1401
December 2024£801
May 2024£703
February 2024£751
October 2023£851
May 2023£951
March 2023£901
December 2022£1501
October 2022£1301

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Glenrothes 1987?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes 1987 at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £190 and a low of £50. 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 Glenrothes 1987 changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes 1987 is down 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes 1987?

Glenrothes 1987 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 £95 (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 Glenrothes 1987 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes 1987 has moved down 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £95. The bottle has been observed at auction across 70 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 Glenrothes 1987?

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 £100, 24-month median £95 — 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 Glenrothes 1987 that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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