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Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail

£1,000
42.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

1

Last sold

327 days ago

Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £800, with the most recent sale at £1,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £620 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is £888–£1,113 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 42.9%, with a 6-month trend of +33.3% (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 Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1978.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Brora was silent from 1983 until its 2021 revival, so whisky from the original distillery is finite and keenly collected.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by gordonmacphail, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Brora
Vintage
1978
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,000

24-month median

£800

24-month high

£1,150

24-month low

£620

Estimated value · likely range

£888–£1,113 ±11%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

327 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

33.3%vs 6 months ago
42.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£601£893£1,185Dec 16Aug 17Sept 18Jan 20Mar 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£1,0001
June 2025£1,0001
March 2025£1,1501
July 2020£8501
January 2020£7501
May 2019£8001
September 2018£7501
June 2018£6502
December 2017£8201
November 2017£6201
August 2017£9201
April 2017£7401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £1,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £800, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £620. 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 Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 42.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail 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 £800 (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 Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail has moved up 42.9%, with a current median hammer price of £800. The bottle has been observed at auction across 14 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 Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

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 £800 — 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 Brora 1978 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £1,000 would cost the buyer approximately £1,260 all-in including buyer's premium.

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