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Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s)

£290

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £310, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) is £257–£323 11% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 1990s, 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
Macallan
Age
12 years
Edition
1990s
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£310

24-month high

£540

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£257–£323 ±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

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.

46.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£380£556Apr 22Jan 23Nov 24Jul 25Dec 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2901
March 2026£2102
December 2025£3101
July 2025£2901
November 2024£3401
January 2023£3801
April 2022£5401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) at auction?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) 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 Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £310, with a high of £540 and a low of £210. 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 (1990s) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £540 (median £310).

Where can I sell Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s)?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) 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 £310 (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 (1990s) a good investment?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s) has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £310. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan - 12 Year Old (1990s)?

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 £290, 24-month median £310 — 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 (1990s) that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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