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Macallan 1940 Speymalt

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Macallan 1940 Speymalt is a collectable Scotch whisky from Macallan. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £3,700, with the most recent sale at £3,700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,700 (low) to £3,700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Macallan 1940 Speymalt is £3,145–£4,255 15% around the latest sale).

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About Macallan

Macallan is a whisky distillery. Macallan 1940 Speymalt is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1940.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1940), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as speymalt, 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
Vintage
1940
Edition
speymalt
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£3,700

24-month median

£3,700

24-month high

£3,700

24-month low

£3,700

Estimated value · likely range

£3,145–£4,255 ±15%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£3,7001

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Macallan 1940 Speymalt?

The latest hammer price for Macallan 1940 Speymalt at auction is £3,700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £3,700, with a high of £3,700 and a low of £3,700. 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 Macallan 1940 Speymalt changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Macallan 1940 Speymalt, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £3,700 to £3,700 (median £3,700).

Where can I sell Macallan 1940 Speymalt?

Macallan 1940 Speymalt 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 £3,700 (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 Macallan 1940 Speymalt a good investment?

Macallan 1940 Speymalt has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £3,700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Macallan 1940 Speymalt?

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 £3,700, 24-month median £3,700 — 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 Macallan 1940 Speymalt that hammers at £3,700 would cost the buyer approximately £4,662 all-in including buyer's premium.

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