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Macallan 25 Year Old

£1,175
21.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

264

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Macallan 25 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 25 years. Based on 264 recorded auction lots across 91 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,300, with the most recent sale at £1,175. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £610 (low) to £2,850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 25 Year Old is £1,081–£1,269 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 25 Year Old is down 21.7%, with a 6-month trend of -11.9% (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 25 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • 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 Macallan 25 Year Old, 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
Expression
25 Year Old
Age
25 years
Edition
Macallan 25 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,175

24-month median

£1,300

24-month high

£2,850

24-month low

£610

Estimated value · likely range

£1,081–£1,269 ±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

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

10% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

11.9%vs 6 months ago
21.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£592£1,764£2,936Nov 15Jul 17Nov 18Mar 20Dec 21May 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1,1752
June 2026£1,4001
May 2026£1,3502
March 2026£1,5001
February 2026£1,5001
January 2026£1,6001
October 2025£1,3333
July 2025£1,3673
April 2025£1,3001
February 2025£1,6001
December 2024£1,6003
November 2024£1,5001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 25 Year Old at auction?

Macallan 25 Year Old appeared in 11 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 10% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 7% 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 25 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 25 Year Old at auction is £1,175. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,300, with a high of £2,850 and a low of £610. 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 25 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 25 Year Old is down 21.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 25 Year Old?

Macallan 25 Year Old 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 25 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 25 Year Old has moved down 21.7%, with a current median hammer price of £1,300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 264 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 25 Year Old?

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 £1,175, 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 25 Year Old that hammers at £1,175 would cost the buyer approximately £1,481 all-in including buyer's premium.

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