Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old aged 27 years. Based on 40 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £155 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is £268–£492 (±29% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is up 18.8%, with a 6-month trend of -25.5% (down). wsky1 aggregates hammer prices from major public Scotch whisky auctions including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium (typically 24–28% additional at major houses). Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1973.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
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
£380
24-month median
£340
24-month high
£1,800
24-month low
£155
Estimated value · likely range
£268–£492 ±29%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £380 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £450 | 2 |
| May 2022 | £580 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £520 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £510 | 2 |
| July 2021 | £510 | 2 |
| June 2021 | £650 | 1 |
| April 2021 | £520 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £400 | 2 |
| August 2020 | £440 | 1 |
| February 2020 | £360 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £155. 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.
Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old is up 18.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 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 £340 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old has moved up 18.8%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 40 recorded lots in our database. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice. Whisky is an illiquid alternative asset; secondary-market value depends heavily on bottle condition, fill level, label integrity, and timing.
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 £380, 24-month median £340 — 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 Rare Malts Cardhu 1973 27 Year Old that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.
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