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Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask

£250

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

7

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macduff aged 28 years. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask is £220–£280 12% around the latest sale).

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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

£250

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£220–£280 ±12%

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

3 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

Price history (monthly median)

£165£211£258Oct 21May 22Aug 23Jun 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£2502
June 2024£1901
August 2023£1901
May 2022£1901
November 2021£2501
October 2021£1701

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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 29,926 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 £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £250 and a low of £170. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £250 (median £190).

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?

Macduff 1973 28 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £190. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £250, 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 £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.

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