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Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve

£20

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve is a collectable Scotch whisky from Whyte & Mackay. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £20, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £22 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve is £18–£22 8% around the latest sale).

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About Whyte & Mackay

Whyte & Mackay is a whisky distillery. Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Whyte & Mackay rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Special Reserve
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£20

24-month high

£22

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£18–£22 ±8%

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

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£21£23Feb 23Dec 24Jul 25Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£201
June 2026£201
May 2026£221
November 2025£201
July 2025£201
December 2024£221
May 2023£201
February 2023£201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve at auction?

Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve 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). 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 Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve?

The latest hammer price for Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £20, with a high of £22 and a low of £20. 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 Special Reserve changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £20 to £22 (median £20).

Where can I sell Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve?

Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve 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 £20 (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 Special Reserve a good investment?

Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £20. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Whyte & Mackay Special Reserve?

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 £20, 24-month median £20 — 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 Special Reserve that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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