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St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)

£840

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

49 days ago

St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is a collectable Scotch whisky from St. Magdalene aged 19 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £960, with the most recent sale at £840. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £820 (low) to £1,625 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is £663–£1,017 21% around the latest sale).

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About St. Magdalene

St. Magdalene is a whisky distillery. St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) is an age-stated bottling at 19 years old, distilled in 1979.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1979), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 19-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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
St. Magdalene
Age
19 years
Vintage
1979
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£840

24-month median

£960

24-month high

£1,625

24-month low

£820

Estimated value · likely range

£663–£1,017 ±21%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

49 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

48.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£795£1,235£1,674Jan 22Aug 22Mar 23Nov 23Jul 25Mar 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£8401
March 2026£8202
September 2025£9801
July 2025£9201
November 2023£1,6001
June 2023£9201
March 2023£1,6251
August 2022£1,3251
January 2022£9601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) at auction?

St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) 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 puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 30,866 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

The latest hammer price for St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) at auction is £840. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £960, with a high of £1,625 and a low of £820. 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 St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £820 to £1,625 (median £960).

Where can I sell St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) 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 £960 (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 St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) a good investment?

St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £960. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979)?

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 £840, 24-month median £960 — 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 St. Magdalene - 19 Year Old (Rare Malts 1979) that hammers at £840 would cost the buyer approximately £1,058 all-in including buyer's premium.

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