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Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail

£35
0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

1

Last sold

53 days ago

Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 13 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £45, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £55 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail is £32–£38 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail is up 0%, with a 6-month trend of -12.5% (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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail is an age-stated bottling at 13 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail, 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
Expression
13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail
Age
13 years
Edition
Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£45

24-month high

£55

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£32–£38 ±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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12.5%vs 6 months ago
0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£45£57Sept 19Jan 21Feb 22Apr 23Oct 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£351
June 2026£401
July 2025£351
October 2024£451
February 2024£551
November 2023£351
August 2023£401
July 2023£401
May 2023£451
April 2023£501
March 2022£501
February 2022£452

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail at auction?

Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 39% 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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £45, with a high of £55 and a low of £35. 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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail is up 0% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail?

Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail 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 £45 (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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £45. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail?

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 £35, 24-month median £45 — 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 13 Year Old Discovery Gordon MacPhail that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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