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Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016)

£285
16.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 34 lots a year

Auction lots

936

Houses

2

Last sold

53 days ago

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 18 years. Based on 936 recorded auction lots across 103 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £295, with the most recent sale at £285. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £168 (low) to £725 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) is £262–£308 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) is down 16.2%, with a 6-month trend of -3.4% (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 18 Year Old (2016) Sherry Oak is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2016.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2016), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

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

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
18 Year Old (2016) Sherry Oak
Age
18 years
Vintage
2016
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£285

24-month median

£295

24-month high

£725

24-month low

£168

Estimated value · likely range

£262–£308 ±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

34 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

47% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£310

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 Auctions194£290£288
Whisky Hammer29£260£480
3.4%vs 6 months ago
16.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£163£455£747Jul 16Jan 18Jul 19Jun 21Jan 23Sept 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2853
June 2026£2752
May 2026£3133
March 2026£3802
February 2026£3256
December 2025£2877
November 2025£2954
October 2025£3602
September 2025£3105
July 2025£29011
June 2025£2958
May 2025£2977

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) at auction?

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) appeared in 34 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 47% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 Sherry Oak (2016)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) at auction is £285. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £295, with a high of £725 and a low of £168. 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 Sherry Oak (2016) changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) is down 16.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 3.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016)?

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) 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 £295 (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 Sherry Oak (2016) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016) has moved down 16.2%, with a current median hammer price of £295. The bottle has been observed at auction across 936 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 18 Year Old Sherry Oak (2016)?

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 £285, 24-month median £295 — 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 Sherry Oak (2016) that hammers at £285 would cost the buyer approximately £359 all-in including buyer's premium.

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