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Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek

£560

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 10 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

13 days ago

Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek is a collectable Scotch whisky from Oban. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek is £336–£784 40% around the latest sale).

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About Oban

Oban is a whisky distillery. Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as derekgrandsonmacleans, 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
Oban
Edition
Macleans Grandson Derek
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£560

24-month median

£260

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£336–£784 ±40%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

10 lots

Cadence

≈ every 37 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

13 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£155£366£577Jun 25Sept 25May 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5601
May 2026£2601
November 2025£2602
October 2025£2404
September 2025£5602
June 2025£1602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek at auction?

Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek appeared in 10 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 8% 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 Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek?

The latest hammer price for Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £560 and a low of £160. 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 Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £160 to £560 (median £260).

Where can I sell Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek?

Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek 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 £260 (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 Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek a good investment?

Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £260. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek?

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 £560, 24-month median £260 — 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 Oban The MacLeans Grandson Derek that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.

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