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SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection

£900
40%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

33

Houses

1

Last sold

12 days ago

SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 30 years. Based on 33 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,100, with the most recent sale at £900. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £800 (low) to £2,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection is £716–£1,084 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection is down 40%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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. SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1989.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 24x143) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
Age
30 years
Vintage
1989
Cask number
24x143
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
Vaults Collection
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£900

24-month median

£1,100

24-month high

£2,100

24-month low

£800

Estimated value · likely range

£716–£1,084 ±20%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

12% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

12 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

14.3%vs 6 months ago
40%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£776£1,470£2,163Apr 22Feb 23Sept 23Sept 24Sept 25Apr 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£9001
April 2026£8002
November 2025£8502
September 2025£9002
December 2024£1,0002
November 2024£1,0502
October 2024£1,0502
September 2024£1,0502
December 2023£1,1502
September 2023£1,4002
April 2023£1,2504
February 2023£1,4002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction?

SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 12% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 13% 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 SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction is £900. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,100, with a high of £2,100 and a low of £800. 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 SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection is down 40% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection?

SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection 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 £1,100 (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 SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection has moved down 40%, with a current median hammer price of £1,100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 33 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 SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection?

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 £900, 24-month median £1,100 — 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 SMWS 24.143 Macallan 1989 30 Year Old Vaults Collection that hammers at £900 would cost the buyer approximately £1,134 all-in including buyer's premium.

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