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Glenrothes - Select Reserve

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Glenrothes - Select Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenrothes. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £32, with the most recent sale at £30. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £24 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenrothes - Select Reserve is £28–£32 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenrothes - Select Reserve is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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.

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About Glenrothes

Glenrothes is a whisky distillery. Glenrothes - Select Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as reserveselect, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Glenrothes
Edition
reserveselect
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£30

24-month median

£32

24-month high

£40

24-month low

£24

Estimated value · likely range

£28–£32 ±8%

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

Cross-house median

£30

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions202£33£30
Whisky Hammer24£30£34
14.3%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£301
April 2026£355
February 2026£371
December 2025£371
November 2025£321
July 2025£351
May 2025£351
January 2025£371
August 2024£401
February 2024£321
November 2023£251
October 2023£351

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Glenrothes - Select Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Glenrothes - Select Reserve at auction is £30. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £32, with a high of £40 and a low of £24. 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 - Select Reserve changed in value over the past year?

Glenrothes - Select Reserve is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenrothes - Select Reserve?

Glenrothes - Select 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 £32 (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 - Select Reserve a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenrothes - Select Reserve has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £32. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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 - Select Reserve?

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 £30, 24-month median £32 — 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 - Select Reserve that hammers at £30 would cost the buyer approximately £38 all-in including buyer's premium.

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