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Macallan Edition No3

£180
12.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Highly liquid· 201 lots a year

Auction lots

2,471

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Macallan Edition No3 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 2471 recorded auction lots across 117 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £177, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £78 (low) to £2,875 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Edition No3 is £158–£202 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Edition No3 is up 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of +58.5% (up). 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 Edition No3 is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq3, 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
Seq3
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£177

24-month high

£2,875

24-month low

£78

Estimated value · likely range

£158–£202 ±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

Highly liquideasy to find — and to sell

Seen at auction

201 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per week

Trend

34% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£171

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 Auctions219£180£170
Whisky Hammer58£140£185
58.5%vs 6 months ago
12.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£76£1,519£2,961Nov 13Apr 18Dec 19Sept 21Apr 23Nov 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1801
August 2026£1269
July 2026£11911
June 2026£1218
May 2026£1454
April 2026£1,55511
March 2026£11434
February 2026£12224
January 2026£15218
December 2025£11924
November 2025£12820
October 2025£15120

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Edition No3 at auction?

Macallan Edition No3 appeared in 201 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — highly liquid (easy to find — and to sell). That is up 34% 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Macallan Edition No3?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Edition No3 at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £177, with a high of £2,875 and a low of £78. 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 Edition No3 changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Edition No3 is up 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 58.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Edition No3?

Macallan Edition No3 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 £177 (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 Edition No3 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Edition No3 has moved up 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £177. The bottle has been observed at auction across 2471 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 Edition No3?

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 £180, 24-month median £177 — 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 Edition No3 that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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