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SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old

£170
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

50

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 12 years. Based on 50 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £430 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old is £134–£206 21% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +6.3% (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. SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2008.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2008), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 24x147) 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
12 years
Vintage
2008
Cask number
24x147
Bottler
SMWS
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£430

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£134–£206 ±21%

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

62% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.3%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£289£443Apr 21Jun 22Dec 23Nov 24Apr 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1701
July 2026£1401
October 2025£1601
August 2025£1701
April 2025£1601
March 2025£1501
January 2025£1601
December 2024£1701
November 2024£1701
October 2024£1701
September 2024£1801
January 2024£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 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 62% 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 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £430 and a low of £140. 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 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 6.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old?

SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 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 £190 (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 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months SMWS 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £190. The bottle has been observed at auction across 50 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 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 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 £170, 24-month median £190 — 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 24.147 Macallan 2008 12 Year Old that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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