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Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail)

£525

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

2

Last sold

102 days ago

Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Strathisla. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £525, with the most recent sale at £525. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £525 (low) to £525 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) is £446–£604 15% around the latest sale).

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About Strathisla

Strathisla is a whisky distillery. Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), 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
Strathisla
Vintage
1972
Bottler
Gordon & MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£525

24-month median

£525

24-month high

£525

24-month low

£525

Estimated value · likely range

£446–£604 ±15%

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

2

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

102 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£700

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
Whisky Hammer3£800£800
whisky.auction1£525£525

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £525 in March 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£5251

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) at auction?

Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail)?

The latest hammer price for Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) at auction is £525. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £525, with a high of £525 and a low of £525. 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 Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £525 to £525 (median £525).

Where can I sell Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail)?

Strathisla - 1972 (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 £525 (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 Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) a good investment?

Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £525. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Strathisla - 1972 (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 £525, 24-month median £525 — 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 Strathisla - 1972 (Gordon & Macphail) that hammers at £525 would cost the buyer approximately £662 all-in including buyer's premium.

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