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Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991

£400
17.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

48

Houses

1

Last sold

179 days ago

Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 48 recorded auction lots across 22 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £370, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 is £338–£462 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 is up 17.6%, with a 6-month trend of -23.1% (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 1989 Family Cask #12991 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 12991) 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
1989
Cask number
12991
Edition
Family
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£370

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£338–£462 ±16%

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

179 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

23.1%vs 6 months ago
17.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£399£536Jun 19Dec 19Jul 20Jan 21Nov 21Oct 22Mar 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£4002
November 2025£3802
May 2024£5002
March 2024£4402
January 2024£4602
December 2022£4602
October 2022£5202
August 2022£4202
January 2022£3504
November 2021£4602
March 2021£3204
February 2021£4202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 at auction?

Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 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 1989 Family Cask #12991?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £370, with a high of £520 and a low of £270. 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 1989 Family Cask #12991 changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 is up 17.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991?

Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 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 £370 (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 1989 Family Cask #12991 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 1989 Family Cask #12991 has moved up 17.6%, with a current median hammer price of £370. The bottle has been observed at auction across 48 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 1989 Family Cask #12991?

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 £400, 24-month median £370 — 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 1989 Family Cask #12991 that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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