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Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask

£1,000

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Tomintoul aged 40 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,200, with the most recent sale at £1,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,000 (low) to £1,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask is £750–£1,250 25% around the latest sale).

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About Tomintoul

Tomintoul is a whisky distillery. Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask is an age-stated bottling at 40 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.

  • Considerable age

    A 40-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskquadruple, 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
Tomintoul
Age
40 years
Vintage
1974
Edition
Quadruple Cask
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,000

24-month median

£1,200

24-month high

£1,600

24-month low

£1,000

Estimated value · likely range

£750–£1,250 ±25%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£970£1,309£1,648Dec 23Jul 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£1,0002
July 2025£1,2002
December 2023£1,6002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask at auction?

Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask appeared in 2 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 39% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask?

The latest hammer price for Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask at auction is £1,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,200, with a high of £1,600 and a low of £1,000. 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 Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,000 to £1,600 (median £1,200).

Where can I sell Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask?

Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple 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 £1,200 (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 Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask a good investment?

Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,200. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple 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 £1,000, 24-month median £1,200 — 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 Tomintoul 1974 40 Year Old Quadruple Cask that hammers at £1,000 would cost the buyer approximately £1,260 all-in including buyer's premium.

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