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Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies

£150

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies is a collectable Scotch whisky from Imperial. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies is £138–£162 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Imperial

Imperial is a whisky distillery. Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1998.

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 (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as grahamrobertwhiskies, 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
1998
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
Robert Graham Whiskies
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£138–£162 ±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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 25% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£126£140£155Oct 20Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1501
April 2026£1502
October 2020£1302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies at auction?

Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies appeared in 3 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 25% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies?

The latest hammer price for Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £150 and a low of £130. 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 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £130 to £150 (median £150).

Where can I sell Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies?

Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies 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 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies a good investment?

Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £150. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Imperial 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies?

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 £150, 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 1998 Gordon & MacPhail For Robert Graham Whiskies that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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