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Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver

£180
14.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

92

Houses

2

Last sold

54 days ago

Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenglassaugh. Based on 92 recorded auction lots across 66 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £105 (low) to £370 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver is £145–£215 19% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -5.3% (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 Glenglassaugh

Glenglassaugh is a whisky distillery. Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1973.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Glenglassaugh
Vintage
1973
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£370

24-month low

£105

Estimated value · likely range

£145–£215 ±19%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£190

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 Auctions70£180£183
Whisky Hammer8£200£210
5.3%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£102£241£381Feb 12May 15Oct 16Jun 18Sept 20Dec 22Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1801
January 2026£2001
July 2025£1901
December 2024£1901
August 2024£1801
April 2024£1952
December 2023£1901
October 2023£2401
September 2023£2701
May 2023£2233
December 2022£2101
October 2022£2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver at auction?

Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). 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 22% 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 Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver?

The latest hammer price for Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £370 and a low of £105. 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 Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver changed in value over the past year?

Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 5.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver?

Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver 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 £180 (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 Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £180. The bottle has been observed at auction across 92 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 Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver?

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 £180, 24-month median £180 — 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 Glenglassaugh 1973 The Family Silver that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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