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Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail

£360

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

2

Last sold

165 days ago

Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rosebank. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £470, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is £280–£440 22% around the latest sale).

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About Rosebank

Rosebank is a whisky distillery. Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    Rosebank was silent from 1993 until its 2023 revival, so bottlings from the original distillery are finite.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as rare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by gordonmacphail, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Rosebank
Vintage
1989
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Edition
Rare
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£470

24-month high

£900

24-month low

£360

Estimated value · likely range

£280–£440 ±22%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

165 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£380

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions20£340£380
Whisky Hammer5£360£420

Price history (monthly median)

£349£638£927Nov 21Apr 23Dec 23Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£3602
December 2023£4201
April 2023£5201
November 2021£9001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £470, with a high of £900 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.

How much has Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £360 to £900 (median £470).

Where can I sell Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

Rosebank 1989 Rare Old 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 £470 (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 Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £470. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Rosebank 1989 Rare Old 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 £360, 24-month median £470 — 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 Rosebank 1989 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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