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Whyte & Mackay Special

£20

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

2

Last sold

89 days ago

Whyte & Mackay Special is a collectable Scotch whisky from Whyte & Mackay Special. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £15, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £10 (low) to £30 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Whyte & Mackay Special is £13–£27 33% around the latest sale).

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About Whyte & Mackay Special

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

What drives this bottle's value

Whyte & Mackay Special 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 Special 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 Special
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£15

24-month high

£30

24-month low

£10

Estimated value · likely range

£13–£27 ±33%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

89 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£20

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 Auctions9£20£15
Whisky Hammer9£20£20
33.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£10£20£31Mar 14Dec 15Nov 17Aug 22Feb 24Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2025£201
February 2024£301
January 2023£202
August 2022£201
December 2017£101
November 2017£101
January 2016£151
December 2015£101
March 2014£151

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Whyte & Mackay Special at auction?

Whyte & Mackay Special appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 28% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Whyte & Mackay Special?

The latest hammer price for Whyte & Mackay Special at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £15, with a high of £30 and a low of £10. 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 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Whyte & Mackay Special, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £10 to £30 (median £15).

Where can I sell Whyte & Mackay Special?

Whyte & Mackay Special 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 £15 (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 a good investment?

Whyte & Mackay Special has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £15. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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

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 £15 — 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 that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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