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St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail

£580
7.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

37

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from St Magdalene. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £445, with the most recent sale at £580. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £370 (low) to £900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is £508–£652 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 7.4%, with a 6-month trend of +3.6% (up). 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 St Magdalene

St Magdalene is a whisky distillery. St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Closed / ghost distillery

    St. Magdalene closed in 1983 and has not reopened, so its surviving bottlings are finite.

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as St Magdalene 1975 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
St Magdalene
Expression
1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail
Vintage
1975
Edition
St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£580

24-month median

£445

24-month high

£900

24-month low

£370

Estimated value · likely range

£508–£652 ±12%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

3.6%vs 6 months ago
7.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£359£643£927Apr 17Jun 18Jul 20Mar 22Nov 23Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5801
May 2026£4202
June 2025£7501
December 2024£5401
November 2023£5801
October 2023£5201
January 2023£5601
June 2022£8501
March 2022£7501
June 2021£5401
March 2021£9001
September 2020£5001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction?

St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail appeared in 3 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 28% 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 St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail at auction is £580. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £445, with a high of £900 and a low of £370. 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 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail is up 7.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 3.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail?

St Magdalene 1975 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 £445 (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 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months St Magdalene 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail has moved up 7.4%, with a current median hammer price of £445. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 St Magdalene 1975 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 £580, 24-month median £445 — 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 1975 Rare Old Gordon & MacPhail that hammers at £580 would cost the buyer approximately £731 all-in including buyer's premium.

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