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Macallan Edition No5

£100
7.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Highly liquid· 128 lots a year

Auction lots

1,625

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Macallan Edition No5 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 1625 recorded auction lots across 81 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £130, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £84 (low) to £190 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Edition No5 is £92–£108 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Edition No5 is down 7.7%, with a 6-month trend of -4.8% (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 Edition No5 is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq5, 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
Seq5
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£130

24-month high

£190

24-month low

£84

Estimated value · likely range

£92–£108 ±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

Highly liquideasy to find — and to sell

Seen at auction

128 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per week

Trend

0% 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

£130

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 Auctions161£100£130
Whisky Hammer60£95£150
4.8%vs 6 months ago
7.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£81£139£196Nov 19Feb 21Mar 22Apr 23May 24Jun 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1001
August 2026£948
July 2026£10011
June 2026£1009
May 2026£945
April 2026£1005
March 2026£1058
February 2026£11210
January 2026£10410
December 2025£10614
November 2025£10614
October 2025£13410

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Edition No5 at auction?

Macallan Edition No5 appeared in 128 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — highly liquid (easy to find — and to sell). That is up 0% 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 No5?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Edition No5 at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £130, with a high of £190 and a low of £84. 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 No5 changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Edition No5 is down 7.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 4.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Edition No5?

Macallan Edition No5 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 £130 (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 No5 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Edition No5 has moved down 7.7%, with a current median hammer price of £130. The bottle has been observed at auction across 1625 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 No5?

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 £100, 24-month median £130 — 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 No5 that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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