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Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail

£480
▲ 33.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

22

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rosebank. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £385, with the most recent sale at £480. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £775 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is £354–£606 (±26% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 33.3%, with a 6-month trend of -31.4% (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 Rare Old 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Rosebank
Expression
1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail
Vintage
1990
Edition
Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£480

24-month median

£385

24-month high

£775

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£354–£606 ±26%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 92% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 31.4%vs 6 months ago
▲ 33.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£511£798Oct 16Jan 18Apr 19Mar 23Feb 24Jul 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£4801
July 2025£3801
August 2024£4601
April 2024£4601
February 2024£5201
December 2023£6001
September 2023£7001
March 2023£7501
December 2021£7001
November 2021£7752
October 2019£3601
July 2019£3902

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 92% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £480. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £385, with a high of £775 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 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 33.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 31.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

Rosebank 1990 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 £385 (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 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Rosebank 1990 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail has moved up 33.3%, with a current median hammer price of £385. The bottle has been observed at auction across 22 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 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 £480, 24-month median £385 — 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 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £480 would cost the buyer approximately £605 all-in including buyer's premium.

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