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Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart

£50
9.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 13 lots a year

Auction lots

97

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart is a collectable Scotch whisky from Arran aged 12 years. Based on 97 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £55, with the most recent sale at £50. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £75 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart is £45–£55 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart is down 9.1%, with a 6-month trend of -23.1% (down). 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 Arran

Arran is a whisky distillery. Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2006.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2006), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as jamesmactaggart, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Arran
Age
12 years
Vintage
2006
Edition
James Mactaggart
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£50

24-month median

£55

24-month high

£75

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£45–£55 ±9%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

13 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

117% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 6% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

23.1%vs 6 months ago
9.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£58£77Aug 19Jun 21May 22Oct 23Nov 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£501
July 2026£414
March 2026£504
December 2025£602
November 2025£652
June 2025£604
October 2024£652
April 2024£402
November 2023£552
October 2023£552
August 2023£602
April 2023£634

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart at auction?

Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart appeared in 13 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 117% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 6% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart?

The latest hammer price for Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart at auction is £50. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £55, with a high of £75 and a low of £40. 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 Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart changed in value over the past year?

Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart is down 9.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart?

Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart 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 £55 (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 Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart has moved down 9.1%, with a current median hammer price of £55. The bottle has been observed at auction across 97 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 Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart?

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 £50, 24-month median £55 — 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 Arran 2006 12 Year Old James MacTaggart that hammers at £50 would cost the buyer approximately £63 all-in including buyer's premium.

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