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Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2

£13,500

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

73 days ago

Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenlivet aged 70 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £12,750, with the most recent sale at £13,500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £12,000 (low) to £13,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 is £12,420–£14,580 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Glenlivet

Glenlivet is a whisky distillery. Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 is an age-stated bottling at 70 years old, distilled in 1940.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1940), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 70-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as generationsseq2, 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
Glenlivet
Age
70 years
Vintage
1940
Edition
Generations
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£13,500

24-month median

£12,750

24-month high

£13,500

24-month low

£12,000

Estimated value · likely range

£12,420–£14,580 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

73 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£11,640£12,773£13,905Dec 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£13,5001
December 2025£12,0001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 at auction?

Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 appeared in 2 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 36% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2?

The latest hammer price for Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 at auction is £13,500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £12,750, with a high of £13,500 and a low of £12,000. 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 Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £12,000 to £13,500 (median £12,750).

Where can I sell Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2?

Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 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 £12,750 (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 Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 a good investment?

Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £12,750. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2?

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 £13,500, 24-month median £12,750 — 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 Glenlivet 1940 Generations 70 Year Old Release 2 that hammers at £13,500 would cost the buyer approximately £17,010 all-in including buyer's premium.

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