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SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old

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SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan aged 16 years. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £155, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old is £137–£163 8% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. SMWS 24.188 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.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 24x188) 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
16 years
Vintage
2008
Cask number
24x188
Bottler
smws
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£155

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£137–£163 ±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.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£155

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions9£150£155
Whisky Hammer3£140£155
18.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1501
April 2026£1404
March 2026£1401
January 2026£1704
December 2025£1554
November 2025£1551
October 2025£1854
September 2025£2301

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £155, with a high of £230 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 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £140 to £230 (median £155).

Where can I sell SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old?

SMWS 24.188 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 £155 (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 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old a good investment?

SMWS 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old has appeared in 20 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £155. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of SMWS 24.188 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 £150, 24-month median £155 — 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 24.188 Macallan 2008 16 Year Old that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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