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SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old

£190

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 16 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £175 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old is £175–£205 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 16 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old, 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
Expression
SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old
Age
16 years
Vintage
2008
Edition
SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£210

24-month low

£175

Estimated value · likely range

£175–£205 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£170£193£216May 25Jul 25Sept 25Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£1901
September 2025£1752
August 2025£1933
July 2025£1901
June 2025£1901
May 2025£2101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old at auction?

SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 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 50% 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 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £210 and a low of £175. 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 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £175 to £210 (median £190).

Where can I sell SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old?

SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 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 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £190. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 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 £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 24.182 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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