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Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve)

£60

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £75, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) is £52–£68 13% around the latest sale).

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About Glenfarclas

Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2003.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2003), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as privatereserve, 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
2003
Edition
Private Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£60

24-month median

£75

24-month high

£110

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£52–£68 ±13%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 28% 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

£75

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 Auctions7£90£75
Whisky Hammer4£60£83
33.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£81£113Feb 16Feb 18Dec 18Apr 21Dec 22Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£601
March 2026£1101
September 2025£901
December 2022£901
February 2022£751
December 2021£751
August 2021£901
April 2021£901
December 2018£651
February 2018£751
February 2016£501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) at auction?

Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 28% 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 - 2003 (The Private Reserve)?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £75, with a high of £110 and a low of £50. 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 - 2003 (The Private Reserve) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £50 to £110 (median £75).

Where can I sell Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve)?

Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) 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 £75 (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 - 2003 (The Private Reserve) a good investment?

Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve) has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £75. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenfarclas - 2003 (The Private Reserve)?

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 £60, 24-month median £75 — 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 - 2003 (The Private Reserve) that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.

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