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Macallan Ruby

£480
7.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Regularly traded· 46 lots a year

Auction lots

854

Houses

1

Last sold

13 days ago

Macallan Ruby is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 854 recorded auction lots across 104 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £410, with the most recent sale at £480. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £171 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan Ruby is £439–£521 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan Ruby is down 7.7%, with a 6-month trend of +26.3% (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 Ruby is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as ruby, 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
Ruby
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£480

24-month median

£410

24-month high

£700

24-month low

£171

Estimated value · likely range

£439–£521 ±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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

46 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

15% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

13 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

26.3%vs 6 months ago
7.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£166£444£721Mar 17Oct 18Jun 20Dec 21Jul 23Dec 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4801
July 2026£3803
June 2026£4001
May 2026£4001
April 2026£4402
March 2026£4004
February 2026£3806
January 2026£4002
December 2025£38410
November 2025£5208
September 2025£5108
July 2025£3958

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan Ruby at auction?

Macallan Ruby appeared in 46 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 15% on the previous year. 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 Ruby?

The latest hammer price for Macallan Ruby at auction is £480. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £410, with a high of £700 and a low of £171. 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 Ruby changed in value over the past year?

Macallan Ruby is down 7.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 26.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan Ruby?

Macallan Ruby 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 £410 (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 Ruby a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan Ruby has moved down 7.7%, with a current median hammer price of £410. The bottle has been observed at auction across 854 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 Ruby?

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 £480, 24-month median £410 — 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 Ruby that hammers at £480 would cost the buyer approximately £605 all-in including buyer's premium.

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