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Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button

£65
55.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

23

Houses

1

Last sold

80 days ago

Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 23 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £125, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button is £56–£74 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button is down 55.2%, with a 6-month trend of -36.9% (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 Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as buttonerniefineoak, 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
Fine Oak Ernie Button
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£65

24-month median

£125

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£65

Estimated value · likely range

£56–£74 ±14%

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

80% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

36.9%vs 6 months ago
55.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£63£129£196Jul 21Apr 22Dec 22Apr 24Nov 24Aug 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£651
August 2025£751
May 2025£1201
April 2025£1201
November 2024£1401
September 2024£1451
May 2024£1031
April 2024£1101
October 2023£1101
August 2023£1701
July 2023£1351
May 2023£1451

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button at auction?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button 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 80% 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 (Fine Oak) Ernie Button?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £125, with a high of £190 and a low of £65. 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 (Fine Oak) Ernie Button changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button is down 55.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 36.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button?

Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button 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 £125 (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 (Fine Oak) Ernie Button a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - 12 Year Old (Fine Oak) Ernie Button has moved down 55.2%, with a current median hammer price of £125. The bottle has been observed at auction across 23 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 (Fine Oak) Ernie Button?

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 £65, 24-month median £125 — 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 (Fine Oak) Ernie Button that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.

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