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Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series

£850

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,300, with the most recent sale at £850. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £850 (low) to £1,300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series is £764–£936 10% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as blackseriesxop, 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
Vintage
1989
Edition
Xop Black Series
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£850

24-month median

£1,300

24-month high

£1,300

24-month low

£850

Estimated value · likely range

£764–£936 ±10%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£825£1,082£1,339Dec 22Mar 23Feb 24Apr 25Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£8502
October 2025£9502
April 2025£1,3002
February 2024£1,3002
March 2023£1,3002
December 2022£1,3002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series at auction?

Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series appeared in 4 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 22% 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 1989 XOP Black Series?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series at auction is £850. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,300, with a high of £1,300 and a low of £850. 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 1989 XOP Black Series changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £850 to £1,300 (median £1,300).

Where can I sell Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series?

Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series 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 £1,300 (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 1989 XOP Black Series a good investment?

Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,300. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan 1989 XOP Black Series?

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 £850, 24-month median £1,300 — 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 1989 XOP Black Series that hammers at £850 would cost the buyer approximately £1,071 all-in including buyer's premium.

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