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Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release

£80
6.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

118

Houses

2

Last sold

81 days ago

Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 17 years. Based on 118 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £80. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release is £71–£89 11% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release is up 6.7%, with a 6-month trend of -15.8% (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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2015.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2015), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as unpeated, 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
17 years
Vintage
2015
Edition
Unpeated
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£80

24-month median

£80

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£60

Estimated value · likely range

£71–£89 ±11%

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

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

81 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£78

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 Auctions87£80£78
whisky.auction1£70£70
15.8%vs 6 months ago
6.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£58£96£134Nov 16Nov 17Oct 18Oct 20Nov 21Jul 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£801
May 2026£901
April 2026£952
March 2026£1202
November 2025£852
November 2024£904
September 2024£952
April 2024£802
October 2023£684
September 2023£752
August 2023£784
July 2023£752

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release at auction?

Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release appeared in 8 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 33% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 11% 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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release at auction is £80. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £130 and a low of £60. 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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release is up 6.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release?

Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release 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 £80 (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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release has moved up 6.7%, with a current median hammer price of £80. The bottle has been observed at auction across 118 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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release?

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 £80, 24-month median £80 — 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 17 Year Old Unpeated 2015 Release that hammers at £80 would cost the buyer approximately £101 all-in including buyer's premium.

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