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Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L

£650

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £605, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £440 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L is £565–£735 13% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 1990.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

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

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 1000ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Vintage
1990
Edition
Circa
Bottle size
1000ml

Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£605

24-month high

£850

24-month low

£440

Estimated value · likely range

£565–£735 ±13%

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

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

83% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£427£651£876Mar 25Aug 25Jan 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£6503
January 2026£4402
October 2025£4704
September 2025£6502
August 2025£5604
March 2025£8502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L at auction?

Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L appeared in 11 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 83% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 7% 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 Circa 1990’s 1L?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £605, with a high of £850 and a low of £440. 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 Circa 1990’s 1L changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £440 to £850 (median £605).

Where can I sell Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L?

Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L 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 £605 (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 Circa 1990’s 1L a good investment?

Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L has appeared in 17 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £605. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan 12 Year Old Circa 1990’s 1L?

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 £650, 24-month median £605 — 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 Circa 1990’s 1L that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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