Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rhosdhu aged 26 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £280 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979) is £109–£191 (±28% around the latest sale).
Rhosdhu is a whisky distillery. Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1979.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask Whisky) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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
£150
24-month median
£200
24-month high
£280
24-month low
£140
Estimated value · likely range
£109–£191 ±28%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £150 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £250 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £140 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £280 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979) at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £280 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £140 to £280 (median £200).
Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (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 £200 (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%.
Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979) has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. 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 £150, 24-month median £200 — 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 Rhosdhu 26 Year Old (1979) First Cask Whisky Auction (1979) that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.
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