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Glenfarclas 30 Year Old

£263
0.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

132

Houses

2

Last sold

6 days ago

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas aged 30 years. Based on 132 recorded auction lots across 89 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £265, with the most recent sale at £263. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £110 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 30 Year Old is £242–£284 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 30 Year Old is down 0.9%, with a 6-month trend of -0.9% (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 30 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Glenfarclas 30 Year Old, 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
30 Year Old
Age
30 years
Edition
Glenfarclas 30 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£263

24-month median

£265

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£110

Estimated value · likely range

£242–£284 ±8%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

6 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£265

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 Auctions91£260£265
Whisky Hammer1£390£390
0.9%vs 6 months ago
0.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£107£321£536Nov 12Apr 15Sept 17Apr 19Mar 21Oct 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2633
July 2026£2804
February 2026£2652
January 2026£3201
November 2025£3001
October 2025£2801
August 2025£2652
July 2025£2502
June 2025£3201
May 2025£3001
April 2025£3201
February 2025£3602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 30 Year Old at auction?

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old appeared in 12 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 30 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 30 Year Old at auction is £263. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £265, with a high of £520 and a low of £110. 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 30 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old is down 0.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 0.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 30 Year Old?

Glenfarclas 30 Year Old 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 £265 (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 30 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 30 Year Old has moved down 0.9%, with a current median hammer price of £265. The bottle has been observed at auction across 132 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 30 Year Old?

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 £263, 24-month median £265 — 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 30 Year Old that hammers at £263 would cost the buyer approximately £331 all-in including buyer's premium.

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