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Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119

£360
56.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

23

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £290, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 is £263–£457 27% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 is up 56.5%, with a 6-month trend of +38.5% (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 1990 Family Cask #5119 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119, 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
Expression
1990 Family Cask #5119
Vintage
1990
Edition
Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£290

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£263–£457 ±27%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

38.5%vs 6 months ago
56.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£379£536Dec 17Feb 22Jan 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£3601
September 2025£5201
January 2025£4401
June 2023£5001
February 2022£3601
January 2020£2901
December 2018£2601
October 2018£3001
September 2018£2902
August 2018£2333
July 2018£2352
June 2018£2465

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 at auction?

Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 appeared in 2 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 39% 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 1990 Family Cask #5119?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £290, with a high of £520 and a low of £230. 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 1990 Family Cask #5119 changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 is up 56.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 38.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119?

Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 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 £290 (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 1990 Family Cask #5119 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask #5119 has moved up 56.5%, with a current median hammer price of £290. The bottle has been observed at auction across 23 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 1990 Family Cask #5119?

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 £360, 24-month median £290 — 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 1990 Family Cask #5119 that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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