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Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail

£440
37.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

426 days ago

Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glen Grant aged 40 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £450, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail is £373–£507 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 37.5%, with a 6-month trend of -4.3% (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.

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About Glen Grant

Glen Grant is a whisky distillery. Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail is an age-stated bottling at 40 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • 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 Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail, 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
Glen Grant
Expression
40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail
Age
40 years
Edition
Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£440

24-month median

£450

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£373–£507 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

0 lots

Last seen

426 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

4.3%vs 6 months ago
37.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£440£618Mar 19Dec 19Mar 21Mar 24Jul 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2025£4401
March 2024£6001
November 2023£4801
December 2021£4801
October 2021£4801
August 2021£6001
July 2021£4601
March 2021£5201
October 2020£4001
March 2020£2701
January 2020£3801
December 2019£3302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £450, with a high of £600 and a low of £270. 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 Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 37.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 4.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail?

Glen Grant 40 Year 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 £450 (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 Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail has moved up 37.5%, with a current median hammer price of £450. The bottle has been observed at auction across 15 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 Glen Grant 40 Year 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 £440, 24-month median £450 — 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 Glen Grant 40 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.

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