Glenrothes 1979

[TJD_ABZ]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a helping hand with regards valuation/selling the following whisky

The Glenrothes Distillery
Cask filled in 1979
Single Cask No 13459
Bottle 351 of 492

The bottle is in a wooden display case which is in perfect condition. I am keen to find out what the best way to go about selling the bottle would be. Whether it be an auction (in which case where would be recommended), or where would be best to advertise for private sale? I have photos but I can't actually work out how to post them, apologies.

Thanks in advance.

[Quaich1]

I came across an old Canadian add for this whisky from 2011:

Glenrothes Anniversary Cask 1979 - In 1979 Glenrothes celebrated its 100th anniversary, installed 2 new stills and laid down a couple of special casks distilled from the new stills. Cask # 13459, 492 bottles at 56.6%ABV. - $409.99 CDN., a little over 200 pounds equiv. back then.

http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2011/06/kensington-calgary-malt-messenger-bulletin-spring-whisky-week-and-fathers-day-scotch-whisky-news/

Can't find any recent offerings of this expression online after a cursory search..

Also, auction sites are many such as https://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/ for example.
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[Whisky Dog]

I believe Glenrothes have only released around 10 single cask bottlings in its history so they are quite a rare expression and the Glenrothes Anniversary Cask 1979 single cask no 13459 is sure to be amongst its rarest.

I haven't seen any of the Glenrothes 1979 Cask 13459 come to auction but I would suspect you may be looking at £500 - £1000, just my guesstimate.

Here is an example of a Glenrothes 1979 Cask 13458 which was bottled for the US market and sold for £500 at auction in July 2014

https://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/auctions/70_the-39th-auction-ends-on-sunday-july-6-2014/40796_glenrothes-single-cask-1979-75cl-us-import/

You could try put a price on it or ask for offers in a private sale, or there are a few specialist whisky auction sites such as scotchwhiskyauctions.com and mctears.co.uk Be aware there will be auction costs and taxes to pay.

Do let us know how much you get for it if you don't mind, it helps us keep track of the going rates for the next person who asks. Cheers

[dramblersanonymous]

I'm not quite as confident in the money Whisky Dog suggests - I would estimate £300 - 500. Here's a similar bottling from a different cask bottled at the same time, it did £280 last month.

https://www.whiskyauctioneer.com/lot/020853/glenrothes-1979-single-cask

[sorren]

The 1979 vintages are quite delicious, I was gifted a sample a while back from two offerings, as for price, if you get two or more people interested I could see it going for good money.. As to how much well .. If it was me I would go to £500 ish give or take..

[TJD_ABZ]

Thank you all for your assistance. I'll update once the bottle is sold.