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Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855

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Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glengoyne. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £900, with the most recent sale at £750. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £750 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 is £583–£917 22% around the latest sale).

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About Glengoyne

Glengoyne is a whisky distillery. Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1971.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1971), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 4855) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Glengoyne
Vintage
1971
Cask number
4855
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£750

24-month median

£900

24-month high

£1,150

24-month low

£750

Estimated value · likely range

£583–£917 ±22%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£7501
December 2020£1,1501
June 2020£9001

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855?

The latest hammer price for Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 at auction is £750. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £900, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £750. 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 Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £750 to £1,150 (median £900).

Where can I sell Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855?

Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 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 £900 (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 Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 a good investment?

Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £900. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855?

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 £750, 24-month median £900 — 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 Glengoyne 1971 Single Cask #4855 that hammers at £750 would cost the buyer approximately £945 all-in including buyer's premium.

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