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Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems

£1,200

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 30 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,550, with the most recent sale at £1,200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £950 (low) to £2,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems is £813–£1,587 (±32% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as forgottengems, 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
Age
30 years
Edition
Forgotten Gems
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,200

24-month median

£1,550

24-month high

£2,600

24-month low

£950

Estimated value · likely range

£813–£1,587 ±32%

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 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£922£1,800£2,678Feb 21Jan 22Mar 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1,2001
May 2026£9501
March 2026£1,0002
February 2022£2,1002
January 2022£1,9002
February 2021£2,6002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems at auction?

Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems 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 19% 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 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems at auction is £1,200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,550, with a high of £2,600 and a low of £950. 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 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £950 to £2,600 (median £1,550).

Where can I sell Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems?

Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems 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 £1,550 (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 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems a good investment?

Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,550. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems?

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 £1,200, 24-month median £1,550 — 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 30 Year Old Forgotten Gems that hammers at £1,200 would cost the buyer approximately £1,512 all-in including buyer's premium.

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