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Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt

£2,500

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

21

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 25 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,700, with the most recent sale at £2,500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £2,000 (low) to £3,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt is £2,292–£2,708 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1968.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1968), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as anniversary, 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
25 years
Vintage
1968
Edition
Anniversary
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£2,500

24-month median

£2,700

24-month high

£3,600

24-month low

£2,000

Estimated value · likely range

£2,292–£2,708 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

75% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,940£2,824£3,708Dec 18Sept 20Feb 23Oct 24Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2,5001
July 2026£2,7001
April 2026£2,0001
March 2026£2,2002
October 2025£2,7002
February 2025£2,4002
October 2024£2,5002
February 2023£3,2002
February 2021£3,6002
September 2020£2,9004
December 2018£2,9002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt at auction?

Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 75% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt at auction is £2,500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,700, with a high of £3,600 and a low of £2,000. 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 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £2,000 to £3,600 (median £2,700).

Where can I sell Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt?

Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt 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 £2,700 (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 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt a good investment?

Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt has appeared in 21 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt?

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 £2,500, 24-month median £2,700 — 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 1968 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt that hammers at £2,500 would cost the buyer approximately £3,150 all-in including buyer's premium.

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