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Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak

£1,650

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

2

Last sold

80 days ago

Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 18 years. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,813, with the most recent sale at £1,650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,550 (low) to £2,650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak is £1,518–£1,782 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 1975.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1975), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as oaksherry, 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
18 years
Vintage
1975
Edition
Sherry Oak
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,650

24-month median

£1,813

24-month high

£2,650

24-month low

£1,550

Estimated value · likely range

£1,518–£1,782 ±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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£1,800

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
Whisky Hammer12£1,650£1,813
whisky.auction1£1,450£1,450
6.5%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,504£2,117£2,730Sept 22Jul 23Sept 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1,6501
May 2026£1,7753
April 2026£1,8252
December 2024£2,0251
November 2024£1,8001
October 2024£2,2001
September 2024£1,5501
July 2023£1,7001
October 2022£2,6501
September 2022£1,9001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak at auction?

Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak appeared in 6 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 50% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 14% 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 - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak at auction is £1,650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,813, with a high of £2,650 and a low of £1,550. 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 - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,550 to £2,650 (median £1,813).

Where can I sell Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak?

Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak 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 £1,813 (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 - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak a good investment?

Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,813. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak?

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 £1,650, 24-month median £1,813 — 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 - 18 Year Old (1975) Sherry Oak that hammers at £1,650 would cost the buyer approximately £2,079 all-in including buyer's premium.

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