Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is £179–£241 (±15% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is up 31.3%, with a 6-month trend of -41.7% (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.
Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as oldestreserve, 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
£210
24-month median
£170
24-month high
£360
24-month low
£90
Estimated value · likely range
£179–£241 ±15%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £210 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £170 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £200 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £160 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £110 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £360 | 1 |
| July 2019 | £230 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £90 | 1 |
| October 2018 | £170 | 1 |
| August 2018 | £180 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £155 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glenrothes Oldest Reserve at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £360 and a low of £90. 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.
Glenrothes Oldest Reserve is up 31.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 41.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenrothes Oldest Reserve 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 £170 (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 Glenrothes Oldest Reserve has moved up 31.3%, with a current median hammer price of £170. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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 £210, 24-month median £170 — 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 Oldest Reserve that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.
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