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Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old

£120
▲ 20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

23

Houses

2

Last sold

44 days ago

Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Whyte & Mackay aged 30 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £165 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old is £103–£138 (±15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old is up 20%, with a 6-month trend of +9.1% (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 Whyte & Mackay

Whyte & Mackay is a whisky distillery. Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Whyte & Mackay
Expression
30 Year Old
Age
30 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£165

24-month low

£70

Estimated value · likely range

£103–£138 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£120

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
Scotch Whisky Auctions20£120£120
Whisky Hammer1£70£70
▲ 9.1%vs 6 months ago
▲ 20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£68£119£170Nov 13Dec 14Mar 18Oct 23Dec 24Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1201
July 2026£701
December 2024£1601
October 2024£1401
April 2024£1152
October 2023£1401
November 2018£1101
October 2018£1301
March 2018£1651
April 2017£1101
November 2016£951
April 2016£1351

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old at auction?

Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 36% 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 Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £165 and a low of £70. 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 Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old is up 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 9.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old?

Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old 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 £120 (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 Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old has moved up 20%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 23 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 Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old?

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 £120, 24-month median £120 — 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 Whyte & Mackay 30 Year Old that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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