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Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask

£240
92%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glencadam aged 29 years. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £140, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask is £149–£331 38% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask is up 92%, with a 6-month trend of +60% (up). 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 Glencadam

Glencadam is a whisky distillery. Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

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

  • Considerable age

    A 29-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
Glencadam
Age
29 years
Vintage
1972
Edition
First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£140

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£149–£331 ±38%

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

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£140

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 Auctions13£230£130
Whisky Hammer1£240£240
60%vs 6 months ago
92%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£224£371Sept 14Nov 17Sept 20Mar 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2401
November 2025£2301
December 2024£1801
March 2024£3401
January 2024£2201
September 2020£3601
August 2019£1501
November 2017£1301
August 2016£1151
December 2015£901
April 2015£801
February 2015£1301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. 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 Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £140, with a high of £360 and a low of £80. 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 Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask is up 92% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 60%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask?

Glencadam 1972 29 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 £140 (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 Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask has moved up 92%, with a current median hammer price of £140. The bottle has been observed at auction across 14 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 Glencadam 1972 29 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 £240, 24-month median £140 — 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 Glencadam 1972 29 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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