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Macallan2019 release70cl

Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release

£2,100
▼ 19.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

48

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 2019. Based on 48 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,300, with the most recent sale at £2,100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,800 (low) to £3,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release is £1,932–£2,268 (±8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release is down 19.2%, with a 6-month trend of -25% (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 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1997, released in 2019.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 03) 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Macallan
Vintage
1997
Bottled
2019
Cask number
03
Edition
Exceptional
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£2,100

24-month median

£2,300

24-month high

£3,200

24-month low

£1,800

Estimated value · likely range

£1,932–£2,268 ±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

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

▲ 125% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 25%vs 6 months ago
▼ 19.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,746£2,521£3,296Jun 20Aug 21Jan 23Mar 24Jan 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£2,1001
August 2026£2,3001
July 2026£2,3001
March 2026£2,2002
January 2026£2,2002
December 2025£2,3002
December 2024£2,8004
May 2024£1,8002
March 2024£2,3002
September 2023£2,6002
August 2023£2,3002
March 2023£2,5002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release at auction?

Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release appeared in 9 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 125% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 8% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release at auction is £2,100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,300, with a high of £3,200 and a low of £1,800. 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 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release is down 19.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release?

Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 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 £2,300 (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 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release has moved down 19.2%, with a current median hammer price of £2,300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 48 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 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release?

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 £2,100, 24-month median £2,300 — 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 1997 Exceptional Cask #03 2019 Release that hammers at £2,100 would cost the buyer approximately £2,646 all-in including buyer's premium.

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