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Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail

£1,050

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,300, with the most recent sale at £1,050. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £390 (low) to £1,800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail is £914–£1,186 13% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1974.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1974), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as speymalt, 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
Macallan
Vintage
1974
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
Speymalt
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,050

24-month median

£1,300

24-month high

£1,800

24-month low

£390

Estimated value · likely range

£914–£1,186 ±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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

19.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£378£1,116£1,854Dec 16Sept 18Feb 20Nov 23Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£1,0502
January 2026£1,3002
March 2024£1,4002
November 2023£1,5002
January 2021£1,8002
June 2020£9502
March 2020£1,3001
February 2020£1,3001
November 2019£8002
September 2018£1,3002
January 2018£1,0002
December 2016£3902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail at auction?

Macallan Speymalt 1974 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 puts it in the top 22% 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 1974 Gordon & Macphail?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail at auction is £1,050. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,300, with a high of £1,800 and a low of £390. 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 1974 Gordon & Macphail changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £390 to £1,800 (median £1,300).

Where can I sell Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail?

Macallan Speymalt 1974 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 £1,300 (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 1974 Gordon & Macphail a good investment?

Macallan Speymalt 1974 Gordon & Macphail has appeared in 22 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,300. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan Speymalt 1974 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 £1,050, 24-month median £1,300 — 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 1974 Gordon & Macphail that hammers at £1,050 would cost the buyer approximately £1,323 all-in including buyer's premium.

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