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Glenfarclas 1974

£380

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

26

Houses

1

Last sold

298 days ago

Glenfarclas 1974 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 26 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £300, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1974 is £257–£504 33% around the latest sale).

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About Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas 1974 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.

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
1974
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£380

24-month median

£300

24-month high

£480

24-month low

£150

Estimated value · likely range

£257–£504 ±33%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

298 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

100%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£146£320£494May 13Jul 14Jul 15Jun 19Jun 20Jul 22Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£3802
October 2025£3002
July 2022£4602
June 2020£3504
June 2019£4802
September 2016£3802
June 2016£1904
February 2016£2002
July 2015£1802
July 2014£1552
May 2013£1502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 1974 at auction?

Glenfarclas 1974 appeared in 4 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 22% 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 1974?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 1974 at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £300, with a high of £480 and a low of £150. 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 1974 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenfarclas 1974, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £150 to £480 (median £300).

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 1974?

Glenfarclas 1974 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 £300 (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 1974 a good investment?

Glenfarclas 1974 has appeared in 26 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £300. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenfarclas 1974?

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 £380, 24-month median £300 — 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 1974 that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.

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