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Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017

£385

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

165 days ago

Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas, bottled in 2017. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £385, with the most recent sale at £385. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £385 (low) to £385 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 is £327–£443 15% around the latest sale).

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About Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1994, released in 2017.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 1579) 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
1994
Bottled
2017
Cask number
1579
Edition
Family Winter
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£385

24-month median

£385

24-month high

£385

24-month low

£385

Estimated value · likely range

£327–£443 ±15%

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

165 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £385 in March 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£3852

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 at auction?

Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 at auction is £385. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £385, with a high of £385 and a low of £385. 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 - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £385 to £385 (median £385).

Where can I sell Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017?

Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 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 £385 (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 - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 a good investment?

Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £385. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenfarclas - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017?

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 £385, 24-month median £385 — 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 - 1994 (Family Cask #1579) Winter 2017 that hammers at £385 would cost the buyer approximately £485 all-in including buyer's premium.

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