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Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice

£650

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

2

Last sold

78 days ago

Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Brora. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £425, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £390 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice is £553–£748 15% around the latest sale).

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About Brora

Brora is a whisky distillery. Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1982.

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 (1982), 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
1982
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£425

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£390

Estimated value · likely range

£553–£748 ±15%

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

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

78 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£425

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Whisky Hammer5£400£410
Bonhams1£650£650

Price history (monthly median)

£378£524£670Jun 23Feb 24Dec 24Apr 25Feb 26Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£6501
February 2026£4001
April 2025£3901
December 2024£4101
February 2024£5601
June 2023£4401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £425, with a high of £650 and a low of £390. 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 - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £390 to £650 (median £425).

Where can I sell Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice?

Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice 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 £425 (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 - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £425. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Brora - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £650, 24-month median £425 — 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 - 1982 (Gordon & MacPhail) Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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