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Macallan Rare Cask

£170
2.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 25 lots a year

Auction lots

582

Houses

2

Last sold

36 days ago

Macallan Rare Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 582 recorded auction lots across 100 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £170. 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 £156–£184 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Rare Cask is down 2.9%, with a 6-month trend of -23.9% (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

£170

24-month median

£180

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£128

Estimated value · likely range

£156–£184 ±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

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

36 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
23.9%vs 6 months ago
2.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£124£247£371Oct 15Jun 17Jan 19Oct 20Jun 22Nov 23Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1704
May 2026£1636
March 2026£1802
December 2025£1802
November 2025£1702
October 2025£3604
July 2025£2236
April 2025£2002
March 2025£1802
December 2024£1702
November 2024£1702
October 2024£1954

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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 29,926 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 £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, 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 2.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.9%. 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 £180 (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 2.9%, with a current median hammer price of £180. The bottle has been observed at auction across 582 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 £170, 24-month median £180 — 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 £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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