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Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask

£250

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

2

Last sold

8 days ago

Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Dailuaine aged 30 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £250 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask is £213–£288 15% around the latest sale).

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About Dailuaine

Dailuaine is a whisky distillery. Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1973.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfirst, 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
Dailuaine
Age
30 years
Vintage
1973
Edition
First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£250

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£250

Estimated value · likely range

£213–£288 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

8 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£210

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 Auctions35£270£180
Whisky Hammer1£250£250

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £250 in March 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£2501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £250 and a low of £250. 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 Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £250 to £250 (median £250).

Where can I sell Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask?

Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask 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 £250 (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 Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask?

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 £250, 24-month median £250 — 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 Dailuaine 1973 30 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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