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Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016)

£360

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

80 days ago

Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 2016. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £400, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) is £252–£468 30% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1988, released in 2016.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), 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
1988
Bottled
2016
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
Speymalt
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£400

24-month high

£600

24-month low

£360

Estimated value · likely range

£252–£468 ±30%

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

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£349£484£618Aug 22Oct 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£3601
October 2025£4001
August 2022£6001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) at auction?

Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) 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). 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 Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £400, with a high of £600 and a low of £360. 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 (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £360 to £600 (median £400).

Where can I sell Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016)?

Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) 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 £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 (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) a good investment?

Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £400. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan - Speymalt (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016)?

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 £360, 24-month median £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 (1988) Gordon & Macphail (Bottled 2016) that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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