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Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice

£210
5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Banff. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £270, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £380 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice is £179–£241 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice is up 5%, with a 6-month trend of -44.7% (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.

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About Banff

Banff is a whisky distillery. Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1974.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice, 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
Banff
Expression
1974 Connoisseurs Choice
Vintage
1974
Edition
Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£270

24-month high

£380

24-month low

£200

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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Trend

80% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

44.7%vs 6 months ago
5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£194£293£391Sept 16Mar 18Oct 19Aug 21Nov 23May 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2101
July 2025£2703
May 2025£2901
December 2024£3201
November 2023£2701
March 2023£3601
August 2021£3801
June 2020£3801
October 2019£3001
April 2019£2201
November 2018£2701
April 2018£2301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 80% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 98% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £270, with a high of £380 and a low of £200. 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 Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice is up 5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 44.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice?

Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £270 (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 Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice has moved up 5%, with a current median hammer price of £270. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £270 — 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 Banff 1974 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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