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Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl

£440
10.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 26 lots a year

Auction lots

140

Houses

2

Last sold

today

Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Whyte & MacKay aged 50 years. Based on 140 recorded auction lots across 54 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £560, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £240 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl is £365–£515 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl is down 10.2%, with a 6-month trend of +4.8% (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 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl is an age-stated bottling at 50 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 50-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 500ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Age
50 years
Bottle size
500ml

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Latest sale

£440

24-month median

£560

24-month high

£850

24-month low

£240

Estimated value · likely range

£365–£515 ±17%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

26 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

117% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

today

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£540

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 Auctions79£440£560
Whisky Hammer24£310£465
4.8%vs 6 months ago
10.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£233£554£876Jan 20Apr 21Feb 22Dec 22Jun 24Nov 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£4401
August 2026£5201
July 2026£3803
June 2026£2401
May 2026£3004
March 2026£3606
January 2026£4202
December 2025£3802
November 2025£4803
October 2025£3001
September 2025£5202
August 2025£4402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl at auction?

Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl appeared in 26 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 117% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl?

The latest hammer price for Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £560, with a high of £850 and a low of £240. 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 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl changed in value over the past year?

Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl is down 10.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl?

Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl 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 £560 (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 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Whyte & MacKay 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl has moved down 10.2%, with a current median hammer price of £560. The bottle has been observed at auction across 140 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 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl?

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 £440, 24-month median £560 — 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 50 Year Old 175th Anniversary 50cl that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.

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