Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rare Malts Clynelish aged 23 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,250, with the most recent sale at £1,300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £410 (low) to £2,700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl is £1,040–£1,560 (±20% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl is down 18.7%, with a 6-month trend of +8.3% (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.
Rare Malts Clynelish is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1972.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl, 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.
Latest sale
£1,300
24-month median
£1,250
24-month high
£2,700
24-month low
£410
Estimated value · likely range
£1,040–£1,560 ±20%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £1,300 | 1 |
| May 2026 | £1,500 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £1,200 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £1,050 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £1,100 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £1,100 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £1,200 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £1,500 | 2 |
| December 2022 | £2,300 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £2,600 | 2 |
| May 2022 | £2,700 | 1 |
| June 2020 | £1,550 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl at auction is £1,300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,250, with a high of £2,700 and a low of £410. 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.
Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl is down 18.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 8.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl 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 £1,250 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl has moved down 18.7%, with a current median hammer price of £1,250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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.
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 £1,300, 24-month median £1,250 — 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 Rare Malts Clynelish 1972 23 Year Old 75cl that hammers at £1,300 would cost the buyer approximately £1,638 all-in including buyer's premium.
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