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Macallan2020 release70cl

Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release

£210
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

96

Houses

2

Last sold

2 days ago

Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 2020. Based on 96 recorded auction lots across 33 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £380 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release is £192–£228 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +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 Rare Cask 2020 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 2020) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Bottled
2020
Cask number
2020
Edition
Rare
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£210

24-month high

£380

24-month low

£170

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

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

60% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

2 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£210

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 Auctions62£210£210
whisky.auction1£240£240
5%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£278£391Jun 21Jul 22Apr 23Jan 24Nov 24Aug 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£2101
August 2026£1803
May 2026£2001
March 2026£2401
December 2025£1702
October 2025£3802
September 2025£2002
August 2025£2108
May 2025£2104
April 2025£1702
February 2025£1976
December 2024£1706

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release at auction?

Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release appeared in 12 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 60% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 2020 Release?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £380 and a low of £170. 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 2020 Release changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release?

Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release 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 £210 (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 2020 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Rare Cask 2020 Release has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £210. The bottle has been observed at auction across 96 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 2020 Release?

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 £210 — 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 2020 Release that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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