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Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972)

£170

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

7

Houses

1

Last sold

112 days ago

Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macduff aged 31 years. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) is £156–£184 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macduff

Macduff is a whisky distillery. Macduff 31 Year Old (1972) First Cask Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 31 years old, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 31-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask Whisky) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Expression
31 Year Old (1972) First Cask Whisky Auction
Age
31 years
Vintage
1972
Cask number
Whisky
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£210

24-month high

£260

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£156–£184 ±8%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

112 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

29.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£216£268Nov 21May 22Aug 23Jun 24Oct 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1701
October 2024£2601
June 2024£2101
August 2023£2101
May 2022£2001
December 2021£2301
November 2021£2401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) at auction?

Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972)?

The latest hammer price for Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £260 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 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £260 (median £210).

Where can I sell Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972)?

Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) 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 £210 (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 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) a good investment?

Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £210. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macduff 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972)?

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 £170, 24-month median £210 — 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 31 Year Old First Cask Whisky Auction (1972) that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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