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Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl

£220

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

63 days ago

Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glencraig. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £290 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl is £198–£243 10% around the latest sale).

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About Glencraig

Glencraig is a whisky distillery. Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1970.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1970), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Glencraig
Vintage
1970
Bottle size
750ml

Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£290

24-month low

£190

Estimated value · likely range

£198–£243 ±10%

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

63 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

10%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£184£242£299Jan 20Jun 21Sept 23Oct 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2201
October 2025£1901
September 2023£2201
December 2021£2901
July 2021£2801
June 2021£2301
February 2020£2001
January 2020£1901

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl at auction?

Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl 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 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £290 and a low of £190. 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 Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £190 to £290 (median £220).

Where can I sell Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl?

Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl 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 £220 (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 Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl a good investment?

Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl?

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 £220, 24-month median £220 — 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 Glencraig 1970 Connoisseurs Choice 75cl that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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