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Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5

£470
19%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 90 lots a year

Auction lots

55

Houses

3

Last sold

3 days ago

Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 55 recorded auction lots across 48 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £780, with the most recent sale at £470. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £450 (low) to £1,325 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 is £432–£508 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 is down 19%, with a 6-month trend of -13% (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 - The Archival Series - Folio 5 is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as archivalseq5series, 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
Archival Series
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£470

24-month median

£780

24-month high

£1,325

24-month low

£450

Estimated value · likely range

£432–£508 ±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

90 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per week

Trend

30% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£750

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 Auctions124£540£783
Whisky Hammer55£470£720
Bonhams2£340£350
13%vs 6 months ago
19%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£437£901£1,365Jul 21Mar 23Nov 23Jul 24Apr 25Dec 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£4701
June 2026£4501
May 2026£5403
April 2026£5102
March 2026£5204
February 2026£5902
January 2026£5401
December 2025£5401
November 2025£6401
October 2025£5901
September 2025£5301
August 2025£5201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 at auction?

Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 appeared in 90 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 30% 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5?

The latest hammer price for Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 at auction is £470. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £780, with a high of £1,325 and a low of £450. 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 - The Archival Series - Folio 5 changed in value over the past year?

Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 is down 19% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5?

Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 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 £780 (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 - The Archival Series - Folio 5 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan - The Archival Series - Folio 5 has moved down 19%, with a current median hammer price of £780. The bottle has been observed at auction across 55 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 - The Archival Series - Folio 5?

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 £470, 24-month median £780 — 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 - The Archival Series - Folio 5 that hammers at £470 would cost the buyer approximately £592 all-in including buyer's premium.

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