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Imperial2015 release70cl

Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43%

£120

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

2

Last sold

54 days ago

Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial, bottled in 2015. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £140 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% is £110–£130 8% around the latest sale).

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About Imperial

Imperial is a whisky distillery. Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1996, released in 2015.

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 (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 43, 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
Imperial
Vintage
1996
Bottled
2015
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
43
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£140

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£110–£130 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£130

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
Scotch Whisky Auctions1£120£120
whisky.auction1£140£140

Price history (monthly median)

£116£130£144Feb 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1201
February 2026£1401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% at auction?

Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% 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 Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43%?

The latest hammer price for Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £140 and a low of £120. 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 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £120 to £140 (median £130).

Where can I sell Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43%?

Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% 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 £130 (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 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% a good investment?

Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £130. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Imperial 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43%?

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 £120, 24-month median £130 — 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 1996 Bottled 2015 - Gordon & MacPhail 70cl / 43% that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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