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Macallan 12 Year Old

£79
1.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 27 lots a year

Auction lots

847

Houses

2

Last sold

14 days ago

Macallan 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 847 recorded auction lots across 152 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £71, with the most recent sale at £79. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £40 (low) to £207 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 12 Year Old is £72–£86 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 12 Year Old is down 1.6%, with a 6-month trend of +5% (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 Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Macallan 12 Year Old 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 Macallan 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
Macallan
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£79

24-month median

£71

24-month high

£207

24-month low

£40

Estimated value · likely range

£72–£86 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

27 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

7% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Auctioneer

Cross-house median

£71

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 Auctions154£75£71
Whisky Auctioneer1£2,100£2,100
5%vs 6 months ago
1.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£39£126£213Jul 12Mar 15Apr 17Jun 19Nov 21Dec 23Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£793
July 2026£855
June 2026£703
May 2026£702
April 2026£734
March 2026£682
February 2026£751
November 2025£832
October 2025£853
September 2025£882
July 2025£755
June 2025£901

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 12 Year Old at auction?

Macallan 12 Year Old appeared in 27 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 7% 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 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Macallan 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 12 Year Old at auction is £79. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £71, with a high of £207 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 Macallan 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 12 Year Old is down 1.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 12 Year Old?

Macallan 12 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 £71 (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 Macallan 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 12 Year Old has moved down 1.6%, with a current median hammer price of £71. The bottle has been observed at auction across 847 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 Macallan 12 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 £79, 24-month median £71 — 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 Macallan 12 Year Old that hammers at £79 would cost the buyer approximately £99 all-in including buyer's premium.

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