Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £560, with the most recent sale at £520. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is £423–£618 (±19% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is up 30%, 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.
Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1981.
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.
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Latest sale
£520
24-month median
£560
24-month high
£800
24-month low
£400
Estimated value · likely range
£423–£618 ±19%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
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 house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 18 | £520 | £580 |
| Whisky Hammer | 5 | £460 | £500 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £520 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £520 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £560 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £750 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £600 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £600 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £480 | 1 |
| February 2021 | £750 | 2 |
| October 2020 | £800 | 2 |
| February 2020 | £460 | 2 |
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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 £560, with a high of £800 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.
Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV is up 30% 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.
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 £560 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 1981 Port Cask Family Collector Series IV has moved up 30%, with a current median hammer price of £560. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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.
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 £560 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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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