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Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice

£250

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

6 days ago

Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Albyn. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months 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 £170 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is £203–£298 19% around the latest sale).

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About Glen Albyn

Glen Albyn is a whisky distillery. Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Glen Albyn 1972 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
Glen Albyn
Expression
1972 Connoisseurs Choice
Vintage
1972
Edition
Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£250

24-month median

£250

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£203–£298 ±19%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£247£330Sept 16Mar 18Aug 20Nov 23Aug 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2501
September 2025£2901
August 2025£2501
November 2023£3002
August 2020£3201
July 2019£1701
November 2018£2001
March 2018£1951
September 2016£1701

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £320 and a low of £170. 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 Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £320 (median £250).

Where can I sell Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

Glen Albyn 1972 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 £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 Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 10 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 Glen Albyn 1972 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 £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 Glen Albyn 1972 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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