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Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old

£420
▼ 19.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

147

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Linkwood aged 26 years. Based on 147 recorded auction lots across 58 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £310, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old is £275–£565 (±35% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old is down 19.2%, with a 6-month trend of +23.5% (up). 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.

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About Linkwood

Linkwood is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), 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.

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
Linkwood
Age
26 years
Vintage
1975
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£310

24-month high

£700

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£275–£565 ±35%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 15% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▲ 23.5%vs 6 months ago
▼ 19.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£419£721Nov 13Jun 15Mar 17Sept 18Mar 20Apr 22Feb 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£4202
May 2026£3801
January 2026£3802
February 2025£3802
September 2024£4202
May 2024£3202
November 2023£3402
September 2023£4004
June 2023£4604
March 2023£5802
January 2023£5404
September 2022£6002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old at auction?

Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old appeared in 5 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 15% 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 Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £310, with a high of £700 and a low of £120. 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 Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old is down 19.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 23.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old?

Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 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 £310 (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 Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old has moved down 19.2%, with a current median hammer price of £310. The bottle has been observed at auction across 147 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 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 £420, 24-month median £310 — 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 Rare Malts Linkwood 1975 26 Year Old that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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