latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses
Auction lots
52
Houses
2
Last sold
2 days ago
Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan, bottled in 1961. Based on 52 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £3,400, with the most recent sale at £3,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,550 (low) to £5,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl is £3,312–£3,888 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl is down 21.7%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.
Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1948, released in 1961.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1948), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as marriageroyal, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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.
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Latest sale
£3,600
24-month median
£3,400
24-month high
£5,000
24-month low
£1,550
Estimated value · likely range
£3,312–£3,888 ±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.
Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears
Seen at auction
8 lots
Cadence
≈ every 46 days
Trend
▲ 100% vs prior year
Houses
2
Activity rank
top 11% of tracked bottles
Last seen
2 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · whisky.auction
Cross-house median
£3,300
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 49 | £3,600 | £3,400 |
| whisky.auction | 1 | £2,600 | £2,600 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £3,600 | 1 |
| August 2026 | £3,400 | 1 |
| July 2026 | £3,400 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £2,600 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £4,200 | 2 |
| September 2025 | £3,400 | 2 |
| August 2025 | £3,600 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £3,600 | 2 |
| June 2023 | £4,000 | 2 |
| December 2022 | £5,000 | 2 |
| March 2022 | £4,200 | 2 |
| August 2021 | £4,600 | 1 |
Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 100% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl at auction is £3,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £3,400, with a high of £5,000 and a low of £1,550. 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.
Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl is down 21.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl 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 £3,400 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Macallan Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl has moved down 21.7%, with a current median hammer price of £3,400. The bottle has been observed at auction across 52 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.
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 £3,600, 24-month median £3,400 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Royal Marriage 1948 and 1961 75cl that hammers at £3,600 would cost the buyer approximately £4,536 all-in including buyer's premium.
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