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Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail

£380

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

1

Last sold

189 days ago

Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Glenesk. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £380, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £340 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail is £350–£410 8% around the latest sale).

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About Glenesk

Glenesk is a whisky distillery. Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), 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
Glenesk
Vintage
1980
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£380

24-month median

£380

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£340

Estimated value · likely range

£350–£410 ±8%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

189 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

13.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£330£392£453Oct 19May 21Jan 22Nov 22Nov 23Nov 24Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£3802
October 2025£3402
November 2024£3402
April 2024£4202
November 2023£3602
November 2022£4002
February 2022£4402
January 2022£3802
May 2021£3802
October 2019£3402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 4 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 22% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £380, with a high of £440 and a low of £340. 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 Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £340 to £440 (median £380).

Where can I sell Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail?

Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold 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 £380 (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 Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail has appeared in 20 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £380. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold 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 £380, 24-month median £380 — 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 Glenesk 1980 Rare Gold Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.

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