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Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018)

£210
4.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 24 lots a year

Auction lots

57

Houses

1

Last sold

39 days ago

Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 57 recorded auction lots across 44 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £283, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) is £192–£228 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) is down 4.5%, with a 6-month trend of -16% (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 - Concept No.1 (2018) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

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

  • Named / limited release

    Released as conceptseq1, 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
Vintage
2018
Edition
Concept
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£283

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£190

Estimated value · likely range

£192–£228 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

24 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

100% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

16%vs 6 months ago
4.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£184£360£536Jul 21Jul 23Feb 24Sept 24Apr 25Nov 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2101
June 2026£2001
May 2026£2058
April 2026£1952
March 2026£2105
February 2026£2152
January 2026£2501
December 2025£1901
November 2025£2701
October 2025£2401
September 2025£2051
August 2025£2401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) at auction?

Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) appeared in 24 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 100% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 3% 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 - Concept No.1 (2018)?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £283, with a high of £520 and a low of £190. 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 - Concept No.1 (2018) changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) is down 4.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 16%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018)?

Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) 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 £283 (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 - Concept No.1 (2018) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - Concept No.1 (2018) has moved down 4.5%, with a current median hammer price of £283. The bottle has been observed at auction across 57 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 - Concept No.1 (2018)?

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 £210, 24-month median £283 — 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 - Concept No.1 (2018) that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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