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Macallan - Rare Cask Black

£320
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 70 lots a year

Auction lots

1,015

Houses

3

Last sold

2 days ago

Macallan - Rare Cask Black is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 1015 recorded auction lots across 127 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £303, with the most recent sale at £320. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £553 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - Rare Cask Black is £289–£351 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - Rare Cask Black is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +4.9% (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 Black is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as blackcaskrare, 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 Black
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£320

24-month median

£303

24-month high

£553

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£289–£351 ±10%

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

70 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per week

Trend

15% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

2 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£300

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions244£320£300
Whisky Hammer62£240£308
Bonhams1£200£200
4.9%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£387£570Oct 15Aug 17Jun 19May 21Feb 23Dec 24Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£3201
August 2026£3052
July 2026£2506
June 2026£2204
May 2026£2506
April 2026£2838
March 2026£30510
February 2026£3086
January 2026£2101
December 2025£2559
November 2025£2507
October 2025£3037

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - Rare Cask Black at auction?

Macallan - Rare Cask Black appeared in 70 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 15% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 Black?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - Rare Cask Black at auction is £320. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £303, with a high of £553 and a low of £210. 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 Black changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - Rare Cask Black is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - Rare Cask Black?

Macallan - Rare Cask Black 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 £303 (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 Black a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - Rare Cask Black has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £303. The bottle has been observed at auction across 1015 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 Black?

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 £320, 24-month median £303 — 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 Black that hammers at £320 would cost the buyer approximately £403 all-in including buyer's premium.

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