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Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl

£160
33.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

112 days ago

Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl is £144–£176 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl is up 33.3%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Macallan rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Expression
12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl Whisky Auction
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£160

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£250

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£144–£176 ±10%

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

112 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago
33.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£187£258Jul 21Jul 23Mar 24Jan 25Dec 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1601
March 2026£1301
December 2025£1401
November 2025£1301
April 2025£1501
March 2025£1401
January 2025£1601
October 2024£1501
March 2024£1301
August 2023£2001
July 2023£1701
August 2022£2501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl at auction?

Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl 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 29,926 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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £250 and a low of £120. 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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl is up 33.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl?

Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl 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 £150 (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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 12 Year Old ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl has moved up 33.3%, with a current median hammer price of £150. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl?

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 £160, 24-month median £150 — 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 ('Year of the Rat' Double Cask) 2 x 70cl that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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