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SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old

£190
67.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

121

Houses

1

Last sold

116 days ago

SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 18 years. Based on 121 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £320, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old is £126–£254 34% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old is down 67.2%, with a 6-month trend of -44.1% (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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old, distilled in 2002.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2002), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 24x144) 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
18 years
Vintage
2002
Cask number
24x144
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£320

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£190

Estimated value · likely range

£126–£254 ±34%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

70% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

116 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

44.1%vs 6 months ago
67.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£184£427£670Oct 20May 22Nov 22Sept 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1901
March 2026£2202
August 2025£2602
October 2024£2404
September 2024£2454
October 2023£3604
August 2023£3402
December 2022£4602
November 2022£4802
October 2022£4802
July 2022£4602
June 2022£6502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 70% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 28% 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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £320, with a high of £650 and a low of £190. 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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old is down 67.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 44.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old?

SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old 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 £320 (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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old has moved down 67.2%, with a current median hammer price of £320. The bottle has been observed at auction across 121 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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old?

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 £190, 24-month median £320 — 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 24.144 Macallan 2002 18 Year Old that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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