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Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186

£1,700
30.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

6 days ago

Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,800, with the most recent sale at £1,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,300 (low) to £2,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 is £1,558–£1,842 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 is up 30.8%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1966.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1966), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 4186) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Glenfarclas
Vintage
1966
Cask number
4186
Edition
Family
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,700

24-month median

£1,800

24-month high

£2,400

24-month low

£1,300

Estimated value · likely range

£1,558–£1,842 ±8%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

25% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
30.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,261£1,867£2,472Dec 18Mar 22Sept 23Jun 24Oct 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1,7001
April 2026£1,4002
October 2025£1,5002
August 2025£1,7002
October 2024£1,8002
August 2024£1,9002
June 2024£1,7002
March 2024£1,8504
September 2023£2,4002
September 2022£2,3002
March 2022£2,0002
July 2021£2,1002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 at auction?

Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 25% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 at auction is £1,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,800, with a high of £2,400 and a low of £1,300. 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 Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 is up 30.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186?

Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 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 £1,800 (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 Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 has moved up 30.8%, with a current median hammer price of £1,800. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186?

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 £1,700, 24-month median £1,800 — 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 Glenfarclas 1966 Family Cask #4186 that hammers at £1,700 would cost the buyer approximately £2,142 all-in including buyer's premium.

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