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Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse)

£500
16.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 27 lots a year

Auction lots

443

Houses

2

Last sold

26 days ago

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas aged 40 years. Based on 443 recorded auction lots across 125 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £260 (low) to £1,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) is £460–£540 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) is down 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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 40 Year Old (Warehouse) is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 40-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
40 Year Old (Warehouse)
Age
40 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£500

24-month median

£580

24-month high

£1,000

24-month low

£260

Estimated value · likely range

£460–£540 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

27 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

7% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£580

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 Auctions233£500£580
Whisky Hammer27£720£760
33.3%vs 6 months ago
16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£252£641£1,030Nov 13Mar 16Jun 18Jul 20Jul 22Mar 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5001
July 2026£6003
June 2026£6501
May 2026£7001
April 2026£6002
February 2026£5404
January 2026£7502
December 2025£6502
November 2025£6002
October 2025£6502
July 2025£5202
June 2025£7001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) at auction?

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) appeared in 27 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 7% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 40 Year Old (Warehouse)?

The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £1,000 and a low of £260. 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 40 Year Old (Warehouse) changed in value over the past year?

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) is down 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse)?

Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) 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 £580 (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 40 Year Old (Warehouse) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenfarclas 40 Year Old (Warehouse) has moved down 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £580. The bottle has been observed at auction across 443 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 40 Year Old (Warehouse)?

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 £500, 24-month median £580 — 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 40 Year Old (Warehouse) that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.

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