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Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice

£800

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Moray. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £590, with the most recent sale at £800. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £1,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice is £503–£1,097 37% around the latest sale).

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About Glen Moray

Glen Moray is a whisky distillery. Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s 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 choicemanager, 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 Moray
Vintage
1974
Edition
Manager Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£800

24-month median

£590

24-month high

£1,000

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£503–£1,097 ±37%

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

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

116.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£617£1,030Dec 15May 18May 22May 23Apr 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£8001
November 2025£8001
April 2025£1,0001
May 2023£7501
May 2022£8501
May 2018£4301
December 2016£3701
July 2016£3601
March 2016£2601
December 2015£2101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice at auction?

Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice?

The latest hammer price for Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice at auction is £800. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £590, with a high of £1,000 and a low of £210. 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 Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £1,000 (median £590).

Where can I sell Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice?

Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s 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 £590 (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 Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice a good investment?

Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £590. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glen Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s 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 £800, 24-month median £590 — 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 Moray 1974 Distillery Manager’s Choice that hammers at £800 would cost the buyer approximately £1,008 all-in including buyer's premium.

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