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St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow

£1,350
3.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

355 days ago

St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow is a collectable Scotch whisky from St Magdalene aged 20 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,650, with the most recent sale at £1,350. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,125 (low) to £3,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow is £926–£1,774 31% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow is down 3.6%, with a 6-month trend of -57.8% (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 St Magdalene

St Magdalene is a whisky distillery. St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1978.

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 (1978), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow, 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
1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow
Age
20 years
Vintage
1978
Edition
St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,350

24-month median

£1,650

24-month high

£3,200

24-month low

£1,125

Estimated value · likely range

£926–£1,774 ±31%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

355 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

57.8%vs 6 months ago
3.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,091£2,194£3,296Mar 17Jul 18Jun 20Dec 22Mar 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2025£1,3502
June 2025£1,7001
March 2025£1,8001
June 2024£2,5001
November 2023£3,0001
July 2023£2,0001
June 2023£3,2001
May 2023£2,3502
December 2022£3,2001
March 2022£2,6001
December 2020£1,6001
June 2020£1,6001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow at auction?

St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow appeared in 2 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 39% 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 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow?

The latest hammer price for St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow at auction is £1,350. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,650, with a high of £3,200 and a low of £1,125. 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 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow changed in value over the past year?

St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow is down 3.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 57.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow?

St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow 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 £1,650 (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 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow a good investment?

Over the past 12 months St Magdalene 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow has moved down 3.6%, with a current median hammer price of £1,650. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow?

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 £1,350, 24-month median £1,650 — 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 1978 20 Year Old 100 Years Of Waterloo Street Glasgow that hammers at £1,350 would cost the buyer approximately £1,701 all-in including buyer's premium.

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