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Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask

£220
29.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

34

Houses

2

Last sold

2 days ago

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macduff aged 28 years. Based on 34 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is £184–£256 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is up 29.4%, with a 6-month trend of +15.8% (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 Macduff

Macduff is a whisky distillery. Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 28 years old, distilled in 1973.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1973), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 28-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfirst, 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
Macduff
Age
28 years
Vintage
1973
Edition
First Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£184–£256 ±16%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

12% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

2 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£190

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£220£190
Whisky Hammer7£250£190
15.8%vs 6 months ago
29.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£170£258Feb 15Nov 17Mar 20May 22Jun 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£2201
March 2026£2454
October 2025£1802
August 2025£2202
April 2025£1902
December 2024£2302
October 2024£1902
June 2024£1901
March 2024£2102
August 2023£1901
May 2022£1901
November 2021£2501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask at auction?

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 12% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask?

The latest hammer price for Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £250 and a low of £85. 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 Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask changed in value over the past year?

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is up 29.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 15.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask?

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask 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 £190 (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 Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask has moved up 29.4%, with a current median hammer price of £190. The bottle has been observed at auction across 34 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 Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask?

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 £220, 24-month median £190 — 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 Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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