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Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram

£180
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 21 lots a year

Auction lots

382

Houses

2

Last sold

39 days ago

Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 12 years. Based on 382 recorded auction lots across 102 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £25 (low) to £415 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram is £108–£252 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of +350% (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 Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as drammanager, 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
Caol Ila
Age
12 years
Edition
Manager Dram
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£415

24-month low

£25

Estimated value · likely range

£108–£252 ±40%

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

21 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

36% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 3% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 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 Auctions181£35£35
Whisky Hammer26£180£175
350%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£24£226£427Apr 13Dec 16Dec 18Mar 21May 23Dec 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1801
June 2026£403
May 2026£353
April 2026£2103
March 2026£371
February 2026£353
January 2026£402
December 2025£2103
October 2025£401
September 2025£301
July 2025£1902
June 2025£301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram at auction?

Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram appeared in 21 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 36% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 3% 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 Manager’s Dram?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £415 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 The Manager’s Dram changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 350%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram?

Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram 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 The Manager’s Dram a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 12 Year Old The Manager’s Dram has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 382 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 The Manager’s Dram?

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 £180, 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 The Manager’s Dram that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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