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Longrow 1974 16 Year Old

£1,100

latest hammer price

Auction lots

7

Houses

1

Last sold

390 days ago

Longrow 1974 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Longrow aged 16 years. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,150, with the most recent sale at £1,100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £570 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Longrow 1974 16 Year Old is £837–£1,363 24% around the latest sale).

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About Longrow

Longrow is a whisky distillery. Longrow 1974 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1974.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Longrow 1974 16 Year Old 75cl, 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
Longrow
Expression
1974 16 Year Old
Age
16 years
Vintage
1974
Edition
Longrow 1974 16 Year Old 75cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,100

24-month median

£1,150

24-month high

£1,800

24-month low

£570

Estimated value · likely range

£837–£1,363 ±24%

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

Last seen

390 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£553£1,203£1,854Jul 14Jun 17Nov 19May 23Aug 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2025£1,1001
December 2023£1,2001
May 2023£1,8001
November 2019£1,8001
June 2017£1,1001
July 2014£5702

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Longrow 1974 16 Year Old at auction?

Longrow 1974 16 Year Old appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of Longrow 1974 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Longrow 1974 16 Year Old at auction is £1,100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,150, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £570. 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 Longrow 1974 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Longrow 1974 16 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £570 to £1,800 (median £1,150).

Where can I sell Longrow 1974 16 Year Old?

Longrow 1974 16 Year Old 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 £1,150 (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 Longrow 1974 16 Year Old a good investment?

Longrow 1974 16 Year Old has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,150. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Longrow 1974 16 Year Old?

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 £1,100, 24-month median £1,150 — 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 Longrow 1974 16 Year Old that hammers at £1,100 would cost the buyer approximately £1,386 all-in including buyer's premium.

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