Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenfarclas aged 25 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £680, with the most recent sale at £550. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £350 (low) to £1,475 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction is £434–£666 (±21% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction is down 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of -36% (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.
Glenfarclas is a whisky distillery. Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.
Considerable age
A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as collectiondecanterfirst, 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
£550
24-month median
£680
24-month high
£1,475
24-month low
£350
Estimated value · likely range
£434–£666 ±21%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £550 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £360 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £700 | 1 |
| January 2025 | £680 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £560 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £860 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £1,000 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £920 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £1,475 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £770 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £680 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction at auction is £550. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £680, with a high of £1,475 and a low of £350. 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.
Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction is down 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 36%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction 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 £680 (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 Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction has moved down 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £680. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 £550, 24-month median £680 — 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 Glenfarclas - 25 Year Old (Decanter Collection) First Release Whisky Auction that hammers at £550 would cost the buyer approximately £693 all-in including buyer's premium.
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