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Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail

£240
36.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

29

Houses

2

Last sold

117 days ago

Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rosebank. Based on 29 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £320, with the most recent sale at £240. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £480 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail is £199–£281 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail is down 36.8%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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.

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About Rosebank

Rosebank is a whisky distillery. Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1990.

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 (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • 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
1990
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£240

24-month median

£320

24-month high

£480

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£199–£281 ±17%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£360

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 Auctions25£240£360
Whisky Hammer4£400£355
33.3%vs 6 months ago
36.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£359£494Aug 17May 19Jan 21May 22Feb 23Dec 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£2401
April 2026£4002
November 2025£2902
October 2025£2502
December 2024£2301
December 2023£3602
February 2023£3602
June 2022£4402
May 2022£4802
December 2021£3101
January 2021£4402
July 2019£3202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 13% 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 1990 Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £240. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £320, with a high of £480 and a low of £230. 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 1990 Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail is down 36.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail?

Rosebank 1990 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 £320 (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 1990 Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Rosebank 1990 Gordon & MacPhail has moved down 36.8%, with a current median hammer price of £320. The bottle has been observed at auction across 29 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Rosebank 1990 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 £240, 24-month median £320 — 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 1990 Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £240 would cost the buyer approximately £302 all-in including buyer's premium.

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