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Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail

£140
17.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

1

Last sold

5 days ago

Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail is £108–£172 23% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail is down 17.6%, with a 6-month trend of +16.7% (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 Imperial

Imperial is a whisky distillery. Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1991.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Imperial was demolished in 2013, so its surviving bottlings are finite.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1991), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Imperial 1991 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
Imperial
Expression
1991 Gordon & MacPhail
Vintage
1991
Edition
Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£140

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£108–£172 ±23%

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

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

5 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16.7%vs 6 months ago
17.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£126£175Nov 16Dec 17Nov 19Apr 21Aug 23Jul 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1402
February 2026£1201
September 2025£1501
August 2025£1501
July 2025£1401
October 2024£1401
April 2024£1201
February 2024£1401
August 2023£1501
May 2023£1201
February 2023£1701
September 2022£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Imperial 1991 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 is up 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £170 and a low of £80. 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 Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail is down 17.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail?

Imperial 1991 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 £120 (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 Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail has moved down 17.6%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 28 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 Imperial 1991 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 £140, 24-month median £120 — 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 Imperial 1991 Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.

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