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Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6

£540
22.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 97 lots a year

Auction lots

809

Houses

3

Last sold

3 days ago

Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 809 recorded auction lots across 53 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £742, with the most recent sale at £540. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £402 (low) to £1,139 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 is £495–£585 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 is up 22.7%, 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 The Archival Series - Folio 6 is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as archivalseq6series, 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

£540

24-month median

£742

24-month high

£1,139

24-month low

£402

Estimated value · likely range

£495–£585 ±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

97 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

£693

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 Auctions95£540£685
Whisky Hammer49£440£700
Bonhams2£340£340
4.9%vs 6 months ago
22.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£390£781£1,173Jan 21Nov 21Sept 23May 24Jan 25Sept 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£5401
August 2026£4026
July 2026£4409
June 2026£4107
May 2026£4779
April 2026£5044
March 2026£5156
February 2026£65014
January 2026£7505
December 2025£47713
November 2025£5203
October 2025£4859

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 at auction?

Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 appeared in 97 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 6?

The latest hammer price for Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 at auction is £540. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £742, with a high of £1,139 and a low of £402. 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 6 changed in value over the past year?

Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 is up 22.7% 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 The Archival Series - Folio 6?

Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 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 £742 (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 6 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 6 has moved up 22.7%, with a current median hammer price of £742. The bottle has been observed at auction across 809 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 6?

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 £540, 24-month median £742 — 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 6 that hammers at £540 would cost the buyer approximately £680 all-in including buyer's premium.

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