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Macallan Rare Cask

£168
20.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 25 lots a year

Auction lots

618

Houses

2

Last sold

35 days ago

Macallan Rare Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 618 recorded auction lots across 108 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £183, with the most recent sale at £168. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £128 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Rare Cask is £149–£186 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Rare Cask is down 20.2%, with a 6-month trend of -1.5% (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 Rare Cask is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskrare, 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
Rare Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£168

24-month median

£183

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£128

Estimated value · likely range

£149–£186 ±11%

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

25 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

4% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

35 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£185

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 Auctions196£360£180
Whisky Hammer36£150£215
1.5%vs 6 months ago
20.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£124£247£371Oct 15Aug 17Jun 19May 21Jan 23Aug 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1685
May 2026£1636
March 2026£1802
February 2026£1801
January 2026£2101
December 2025£1803
November 2025£1703
October 2025£3604
August 2025£2301
July 2025£2236
April 2025£2003
March 2025£1803

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Rare Cask at auction?

Macallan Rare Cask appeared in 25 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 4% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. 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 Rare Cask?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Rare Cask at auction is £168. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £183, with a high of £360 and a low of £128. 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 Rare Cask changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Rare Cask is down 20.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 1.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Rare Cask?

Macallan Rare Cask 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 £183 (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 Rare Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Rare Cask has moved down 20.2%, with a current median hammer price of £183. The bottle has been observed at auction across 618 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 Rare Cask?

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 £168, 24-month median £183 — 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 Rare Cask that hammers at £168 would cost the buyer approximately £211 all-in including buyer's premium.

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