Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old aged 20 years. Based on 65 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £367, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is £320–£560 (±27% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is down 4.3%, with a 6-month trend of -18.5% (down). 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 Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1978.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.
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
£440
24-month median
£367
24-month high
£900
24-month low
£170
Estimated value · likely range
£320–£560 ±27%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £440 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £500 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £400 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £440 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £460 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £540 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £520 | 1 |
| May 2023 | £650 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £750 | 2 |
| July 2022 | £900 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £700 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £367, with a high of £900 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.
Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old is down 4.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old 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 £367 (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 Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old has moved down 4.3%, with a current median hammer price of £367. The bottle has been observed at auction across 65 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 £440, 24-month median £367 — 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 Mortlach 1978 20 Year Old that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.
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