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Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail

£1,400
12.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

54 days ago

Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,400, with the most recent sale at £1,400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £620 (low) to £2,700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail is £1,213–£1,588 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail is down 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of -17.6% (down). 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 Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan Speymalt 1970 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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 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
Macallan
Expression
Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail
Vintage
1970
Edition
Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,400

24-month median

£1,400

24-month high

£2,700

24-month low

£620

Estimated value · likely range

£1,213–£1,588 ±13%

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 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

54 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

17.6%vs 6 months ago
12.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£601£1,691£2,781Sept 16Nov 18Jul 22Sept 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1,4001
May 2026£1,5001
September 2025£1,8001
January 2024£1,6001
November 2023£1,9001
July 2022£2,7001
January 2021£1,7001
June 2020£1,4001
November 2019£1,2001
October 2019£1,6002
September 2019£1,3001
April 2019£1,1001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail at auction?

Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail 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 28% 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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail at auction is £1,400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,400, with a high of £2,700 and a low of £620. 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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail is down 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 17.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail?

Macallan Speymalt 1970 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 £1,400 (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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail has moved down 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £1,400. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 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 £1,400, 24-month median £1,400 — 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 Macallan Speymalt 1970 Gordon & Macphail that hammers at £1,400 would cost the buyer approximately £1,764 all-in including buyer's premium.

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