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Caol Ila - 12 Year Old

£30
20%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

186

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 12 years. Based on 186 recorded auction lots across 91 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £30. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £58 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is £28–£32 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is down 20%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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 Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Caol Ila rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Caol Ila
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£30

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£58

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£28–£32 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£35

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 Auctions91£30£35
Whisky Hammer3£33£33
14.3%vs 6 months ago
20%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£42£59Apr 13Nov 16Oct 18Sept 20Jan 23Jul 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£303
June 2026£351
May 2026£352
April 2026£355
February 2026£351
January 2026£401
December 2025£351
July 2025£302
March 2025£351
January 2025£401
December 2024£401
November 2024£383

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila - 12 Year Old at auction?

Caol Ila - 12 Year Old appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 Caol Ila - 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila - 12 Year Old at auction is £30. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £58 and a low of £25. 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 Caol Ila - 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila - 12 Year Old is down 20% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila - 12 Year Old?

Caol Ila - 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 £35 (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 Caol Ila - 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila - 12 Year Old has moved down 20%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 186 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 Caol Ila - 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 £30, 24-month median £35 — 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 Caol Ila - 12 Year Old that hammers at £30 would cost the buyer approximately £38 all-in including buyer's premium.

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