Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Mortlach aged 20 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £365, with the most recent sale at £370. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £370 (high).
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Mortlach is a whisky distillery. Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
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.
Latest sale
£370
24-month median
£365
24-month high
£370
24-month low
£360
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £370 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £360 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) at auction is £370. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £365, with a high of £370 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £360 to £370 (median £365).
Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) 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 £365 (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%.
Mortlach 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £365. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £370, 24-month median £365 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 20 Year Old (Rare Malts 1978) that hammers at £370 would cost the buyer approximately £466 all-in including buyer's premium.
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