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Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release

£190

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

200 days ago

Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 14 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release is £175–£205 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release is an age-stated bottling at 14 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 24rare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
14 years
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
24 Rare
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£175–£205 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

200 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£175£206£237May 23Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£1901
October 2023£2051
August 2023£1801
June 2023£1901
May 2023£2301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release at auction?

Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release 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 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 - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £230 and a low of £180. 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 - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £230 (median £190).

Where can I sell Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release?

Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release 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 £190 (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 - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release a good investment?

Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £190. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release?

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 £190, 24-month median £190 — 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 - 14 Year Old (SMWS) Distillery 24 Rare Release that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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