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Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's

£560
16.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

1

Last sold

29 days ago

Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 36 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £460, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £400 (low) to £580 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is £493–£627 12% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is up 16.7%, with a 6-month trend of +27.3% (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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is an age-stated bottling at 36 years old, distilled in 1982.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1982), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 36-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by cadenhead, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.

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
36 years
Vintage
1982
Bottler
Cadenhead's
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£560

24-month median

£460

24-month high

£580

24-month low

£400

Estimated value · likely range

£493–£627 ±12%

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

29 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

27.3%vs 6 months ago
16.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£388£493£597Apr 19Dec 20Mar 22Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5601
November 2025£4801
March 2022£5801
October 2021£5201
December 2020£4602
February 2020£4102
January 2020£4402
November 2019£4001
October 2019£4001
August 2019£5401
June 2019£4601
May 2019£4102

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's at auction?

Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's 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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £460, with a high of £580 and a low of £400. 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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is up 16.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 27.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's?

Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's 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 £460 (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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's has moved up 16.7%, with a current median hammer price of £460. 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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's?

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 £560, 24-month median £460 — 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 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.

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