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Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail

£750

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Highland Park. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £700, with the most recent sale at £750. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is £666–£834 11% around the latest sale).

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About Highland Park

Highland Park is a whisky distillery. Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1970.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1970), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as rare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • 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
Highland Park
Vintage
1970
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
Rare
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£750

24-month median

£700

24-month high

£800

24-month low

£420

Estimated value · likely range

£666–£834 ±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

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£407£616£824Sept 17Jul 19May 21Oct 22May 25Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£7501
May 2025£4801
October 2022£5801
June 2021£7001
May 2021£8001
October 2019£7001
July 2019£7001
September 2017£4201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Highland Park 1970 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £750. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £700, with a high of £800 and a low of £420. 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 Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £420 to £800 (median £700).

Where can I sell Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

Highland Park 1970 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 £700 (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 Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Highland Park 1970 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 £750, 24-month median £700 — 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 Highland Park 1970 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £750 would cost the buyer approximately £945 all-in including buyer's premium.

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