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Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s

£40

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

130 days ago

Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfiddich aged 8 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £40, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £120 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s is £30–£50 25% around the latest sale).

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About Glenfiddich

Glenfiddich is a whisky distillery. Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 1970spure, 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
Glenfiddich
Age
8 years
Edition
Pure 1970s
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£40

24-month high

£120

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£30–£50 ±25%

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

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

130 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.8%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£72£124Oct 22Apr 23Jul 24Dec 24Oct 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£402
October 2025£421
December 2024£301
July 2024£551
July 2023£501
June 2023£271
April 2023£371
November 2022£201
October 2022£1201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s at auction?

Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s 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). 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 Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s?

The latest hammer price for Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £40, with a high of £120 and a low of £20. 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 Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £20 to £120 (median £40).

Where can I sell Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s?

Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s 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 £40 (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 Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s a good investment?

Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £40. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s?

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 £40, 24-month median £40 — 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 Glenfiddich - 8 Year Old (Pure Malt) 1970s that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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