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Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva

£340
3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 57 lots a year

Auction lots

706

Houses

2

Last sold

15 days ago

Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 706 recorded auction lots across 97 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £340, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £155 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva is £313–£367 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva is up 3%, with a 6-month trend of -10.5% (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 Gran Reserva is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as granreserva, 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
Gran Reserva
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£340

24-month median

£340

24-month high

£850

24-month low

£155

Estimated value · likely range

£313–£367 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

57 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per week

Trend

30% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

15 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£337

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions193£320£333
Whisky Hammer1£360£360
10.5%vs 6 months ago
3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£151£513£876Mar 13Dec 17May 19Nov 20May 23Jan 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£3402
July 2026£4003
May 2026£3602
April 2026£3533
March 2026£36010
February 2026£38914
December 2025£3804
November 2025£4136
October 2025£4804
September 2025£3308
July 2025£4602
June 2025£4504

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva at auction?

Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva appeared in 57 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 30% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Gran Reserva?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £340, with a high of £850 and a low of £155. 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 Gran Reserva changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva is up 3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 10.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva?

Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva 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 £340 (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 Gran Reserva a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 12 Year Old Gran Reserva has moved up 3%, with a current median hammer price of £340. The bottle has been observed at auction across 706 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 Gran Reserva?

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 £340, 24-month median £340 — 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 Gran Reserva that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.

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