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Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre)

£760
7.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

111 days ago

Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £700, with the most recent sale at £760. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £430 (low) to £820 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) is £673–£847 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) is down 7.3%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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 (1 Litre) Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) 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
Expression
12 Year Old (1 Litre) Whisky Auction
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£760

24-month median

£700

24-month high

£820

24-month low

£430

Estimated value · likely range

£673–£847 ±11%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

111 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
7.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£417£631£845Jul 21Feb 23Sept 23Jul 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£7601
March 2025£5801
November 2024£4301
October 2024£6801
July 2024£5601
May 2024£6001
September 2023£7601
August 2023£6001
February 2023£7001
December 2021£7001
October 2021£8001
September 2021£7201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) at auction?

Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That is down 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 98% 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 (1 Litre)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) at auction is £760. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £700, with a high of £820 and a low of £430. 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 (1 Litre) changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) is down 7.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre)?

Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) 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 £700 (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 (1 Litre) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 12 Year Old (1 Litre) has moved down 7.3%, with a current median hammer price of £700. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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 (1 Litre)?

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 £760, 24-month median £700 — 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 (1 Litre) that hammers at £760 would cost the buyer approximately £958 all-in including buyer's premium.

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