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Macallan2018 release70cl

Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018)

£1,325
55.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 2018. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,788, with the most recent sale at £1,325. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,250 (low) to £2,950 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) is £1,044–£1,606 21% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) is down 55.1%, with a 6-month trend of -25.4% (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 - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2002, released in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2002), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 8167) 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
2002
Bottled
2018
Cask number
8167
Edition
Exceptional Cask 02
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,325

24-month median

£1,788

24-month high

£2,950

24-month low

£1,250

Estimated value · likely range

£1,044–£1,606 ±21%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

25.4%vs 6 months ago
55.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,213£2,126£3,039Feb 22Jul 22Nov 22Dec 23Sept 24Jun 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1,3251
April 2026£1,4002
February 2026£1,2502
June 2025£1,4751
October 2024£1,8001
September 2024£2,0251
February 2024£1,7751
December 2023£1,5381
August 2023£1,6501
November 2022£2,3501
October 2022£2,3751
July 2022£1,9001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) at auction?

Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) at auction is £1,325. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,788, with a high of £2,950 and a low of £1,250. 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 - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) is down 55.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018)?

Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) 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 £1,788 (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 - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) has moved down 55.1%, with a current median hammer price of £1,788. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018)?

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 £1,325, 24-month median £1,788 — 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 - 2002 Exceptional Single Cask (#8167-02, 2018) that hammers at £1,325 would cost the buyer approximately £1,670 all-in including buyer's premium.

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