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Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017)

£1,225

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

193 days ago

Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 2017. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,463, with the most recent sale at £1,225. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,225 (low) to £2,275 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) is £1,120–£1,330 9% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2005, released in 2017.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2005), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 5223) 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
2005
Bottled
2017
Cask number
5223
Edition
Exceptional Cask 10
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,225

24-month median

£1,463

24-month high

£2,275

24-month low

£1,225

Estimated value · likely range

£1,120–£1,330 ±9%

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

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

193 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,188£1,766£2,343Feb 22Nov 23Oct 24Jun 25Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£1,2252
November 2025£1,3251
September 2025£1,5251
June 2025£1,4251
May 2025£1,4251
October 2024£1,2751
April 2024£1,5001
January 2024£1,7251
December 2023£1,4251
November 2023£1,6251
July 2022£2,2751
February 2022£2,1001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) at auction?

Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) 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 is up 33% on the previous 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 - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) at auction is £1,225. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,463, with a high of £2,275 and a low of £1,225. 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 - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,225 to £2,275 (median £1,463).

Where can I sell Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017)?

Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) 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 £1,463 (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 - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) a good investment?

Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,463. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017)?

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 £1,225, 24-month median £1,463 — 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 - 2005 Exceptional Single Cask (#5223-10, 2017) that hammers at £1,225 would cost the buyer approximately £1,544 all-in including buyer's premium.

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