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Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail

£500

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

7

Houses

1

Last sold

356 days ago

Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Mortlach. Based on 7 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £520, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail is £421–£579 16% around the latest sale).

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About Mortlach

Mortlach is a whisky distillery. Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1970.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1970), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail, 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
Mortlach
Expression
1970 Gordon & MacPhail
Vintage
1970
Edition
Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£500

24-month median

£520

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£421–£579 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

356 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

85.2%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£466£670May 17Apr 19Nov 20Aug 21Sept 23Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2025£5001
September 2023£5401
August 2021£6501
November 2020£6501
July 2019£5201
April 2019£3601
May 2017£2701

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £520, with a high of £650 and a low of £270. 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 Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £650 (median £520).

Where can I sell Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail?

Mortlach 1970 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 £520 (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 Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail has appeared in 7 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £520. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Mortlach 1970 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 £500, 24-month median £520 — 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 Mortlach 1970 Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.

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