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Macallan Amber

£123
11.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 39 lots a year

Auction lots

581

Houses

2

Last sold

14 days ago

Macallan Amber is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 581 recorded auction lots across 107 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £98, with the most recent sale at £123. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £38 (low) to £223 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Amber is £108–£137 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Amber is up 11.4%, with a 6-month trend of -23.4% (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 Amber is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as amber, 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
Edition
Amber
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£123

24-month median

£98

24-month high

£223

24-month low

£38

Estimated value · likely range

£108–£137 ±12%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

39 lots

Cadence

≈ 3 per month

Trend

15% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

14 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£100

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions197£110£99
Whisky Hammer37£130£120
23.4%vs 6 months ago
11.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£36£133£230Jun 13Aug 18Mar 20Nov 21Apr 23Oct 24Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1233
July 2026£985
June 2026£904
May 2026£893
April 2026£833
March 2026£957
February 2026£1603
January 2026£1502
December 2025£1003
November 2025£801
October 2025£952
September 2025£1103

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Amber at auction?

Macallan Amber appeared in 39 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 15% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Amber?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Amber at auction is £123. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £98, with a high of £223 and a low of £38. 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 Amber changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Amber is up 11.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Amber?

Macallan Amber 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 £98 (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 Amber a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Amber has moved up 11.4%, with a current median hammer price of £98. The bottle has been observed at auction across 581 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 Amber?

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 £123, 24-month median £98 — 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 Amber that hammers at £123 would cost the buyer approximately £154 all-in including buyer's premium.

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