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Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram

£740
50.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

1

Last sold

193 days ago

Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,025, with the most recent sale at £740. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £680 (low) to £1,575 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram is £681–£799 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram is down 50.7%, with a 6-month trend of -27.8% (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 Ghillie's Dram is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as dramghillie, 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
Ghillie Dram
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£740

24-month median

£1,025

24-month high

£1,575

24-month low

£680

Estimated value · likely range

£681–£799 ±8%

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

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

193 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

27.8%vs 6 months ago
50.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£660£1,141£1,622Nov 21May 22Mar 23Jul 23Apr 24Apr 25Aug 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£7402
November 2025£8001
September 2025£6801
August 2025£7001
June 2025£6801
April 2025£1,1501
December 2024£1,0251
April 2024£9801
December 2023£1,0251
July 2023£1,1001
April 2023£1,5751
March 2023£9001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram at auction?

Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram 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 is up 0% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% 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 Ghillie's Dram?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram at auction is £740. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,025, with a high of £1,575 and a low of £680. 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 Ghillie's Dram changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram is down 50.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram?

Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram 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 £1,025 (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 Ghillie's Dram a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - 12 Year Old Ghillie's Dram has moved down 50.7%, with a current median hammer price of £1,025. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 Ghillie's Dram?

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 £740, 24-month median £1,025 — 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 Ghillie's Dram that hammers at £740 would cost the buyer approximately £932 all-in including buyer's premium.

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