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Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask

£180

latest hammer price

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

390 days ago

Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glentauchers aged 25 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 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 £75 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask is £150–£210 17% around the latest sale).

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About Glentauchers

Glentauchers is a whisky distillery. Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask, 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
Glentauchers
Expression
1981 25 Year Old First Cask
Age
25 years
Vintage
1981
Edition
Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£200

24-month low

£75

Estimated value · likely range

£150–£210 ±17%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

0 lots

Trend

100% vs prior year

Last seen

390 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

53.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£73£139£206Nov 15Sept 17Mar 19Mar 24

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2025£1801
March 2025£2001
December 2024£1901
July 2024£2001
March 2024£1801
March 2019£1901
March 2018£1182
September 2017£1301
November 2015£751

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 100% on the previous year.

What is the current auction price of Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £200 and a low of £75. 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 Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £75 to £200 (median £180).

Where can I sell Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask?

Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask 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 Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £180. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask?

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 Glentauchers 1981 25 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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