Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 18 years. Based on 32 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release is £166–£194 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release is down 19.4%, with a 6-month trend of +5.9% (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.
Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2023.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2023), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 2023) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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.
Latest sale
£180
24-month median
£200
24-month high
£260
24-month low
£170
Estimated value · likely range
£166–£194 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £180 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £200 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £180 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £210 | 2 |
| March 2025 | £200 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £170 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £180 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £200 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £185 | 12 |
| November 2023 | £260 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £260 and a low of £170. 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.
Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release is down 19.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 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 £200 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Macallan 18 Year Old Double Cask 2023 Release has moved down 19.4%, with a current median hammer price of £200. The bottle has been observed at auction across 32 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.
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 £180, 24-month median £200 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Double Cask 2023 Release that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.
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