Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Old Pulteney aged 26 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection is £224–£336 (±20% around the latest sale).
Old Pulteney is a whisky distillery. Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1974.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as highlandselection, 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.
Latest sale
£280
24-month median
£280
24-month high
£320
24-month low
£95
Estimated value · likely range
£224–£336 ±20%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £280 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £320 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £300 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £290 | 1 |
| January 2021 | £280 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £280 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £320 | 1 |
| May 2017 | £180 | 1 |
| November 2016 | £150 | 1 |
| October 2015 | £95 | 1 |
| September 2014 | £185 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £320 and a low of £95. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £95 to £320 (median £280).
Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection 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 £280 (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%.
Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £280. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £280, 24-month median £280 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Old Pulteney 1974 26 Year Old Highland Selection that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.
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