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Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV

£520
13%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

42

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 42 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £520. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is £429–£611 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is up 13%, with a 6-month trend of -25.7% (down). 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 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskcollectorfamilyivportseries, 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
Glenfarclas
Vintage
1981
Edition
Cask Family Collector Series Iv
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£520

24-month median

£580

24-month high

£900

24-month low

£400

Estimated value · likely range

£429–£611 ±17%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% 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

£560

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 Auctions36£520£580
Whisky Hammer7£620£500
25.7%vs 6 months ago
13%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£388£658£927Aug 18May 19Oct 20Jun 21Feb 24Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£5202
September 2025£5202
May 2024£5602
April 2024£7002
March 2024£7502
February 2024£6002
November 2023£7002
December 2021£6002
June 2021£4802
February 2021£7504
November 2020£7001
October 2020£9003

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV at auction?

Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV at auction is £520. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £900 and a low of £400. 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 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is up 13% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV?

Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV 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 £580 (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 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV has moved up 13%, with a current median hammer price of £580. The bottle has been observed at auction across 42 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 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV?

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 £520, 24-month median £580 — 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 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV that hammers at £520 would cost the buyer approximately £655 all-in including buyer's premium.

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