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Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release

£1,900
44.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 4 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

117

Houses

4

Last sold

15 days ago

Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 30 years. Based on 117 recorded auction lots across 30 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £3,300, with the most recent sale at £1,900. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,900 (low) to £5,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release is £1,748–£2,052 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release is down 44.1%, with a 6-month trend of -52.5% (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 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2018), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • 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 oaksherry, 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
Vintage
2018
Edition
Sherry Oak
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£1,900

24-month median

£3,300

24-month high

£5,200

24-month low

£1,900

Estimated value · likely range

£1,748–£2,052 ±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

267% vs prior year

Houses

4

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

15 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 4 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Whisky Auctioneer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£3,300

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 4 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions59£2,300£3,300
Whisky Hammer10£2,125£3,650
Whisky Auctioneer2£2,300£2,300
whisky.auction1£2,400£2,400
52.5%vs 6 months ago
44.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£1,843£3,600£5,356Sept 18Oct 22Oct 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1,9002
June 2026£2,1001
December 2025£2,4002
September 2025£2,3002
October 2024£2,8002
May 2024£2,8002
February 2023£4,0002
January 2023£4,0002
December 2022£4,3004
October 2022£5,2002
May 2021£3,6002
December 2020£3,6002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release at auction?

Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release 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 267% on the previous year. It has traded at 4 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release at auction is £1,900. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £3,300, with a high of £5,200 and a low of £1,900. 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 Sherry Oak 2018 Release changed in value over the past year?

Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release is down 44.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 52.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release?

Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 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 £3,300 (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 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release has moved down 44.1%, with a current median hammer price of £3,300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 117 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 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 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 £1,900, 24-month median £3,300 — 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 30 Year Old Sherry Oak 2018 Release that hammers at £1,900 would cost the buyer approximately £2,394 all-in including buyer's premium.

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