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Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail

£155
67.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

28

Houses

2

Last sold

5 days ago

Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial. Based on 28 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £155. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail is £129–£181 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail is down 67.7%, with a 6-month trend of +3.3% (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 1997 Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1997.

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 (1997), 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
Imperial
Vintage
1997
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£155

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£480

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£129–£181 ±17%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

100% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

5 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£150

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 Auctions25£150£150
Whisky Hammer4£120£145
3.3%vs 6 months ago
67.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£286£494Nov 17Oct 18Sept 19Aug 20Sept 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1552
July 2026£1501
June 2026£1601
February 2026£1601
September 2025£1601
August 2025£1501
May 2025£1501
September 2024£1601
June 2023£1601
December 2022£1901
March 2021£1901
August 2020£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 100% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 1997 Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £155. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £480 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 1997 Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail is down 67.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 3.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail?

Imperial 1997 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 £150 (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 1997 Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Imperial 1997 Gordon & MacPhail has moved down 67.7%, with a current median hammer price of £150. 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 1997 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 £155, 24-month median £150 — 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 1997 Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £155 would cost the buyer approximately £195 all-in including buyer's premium.

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