Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 36 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £460, with the most recent sale at £480. 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 £438–£522 (±9% around the latest sale).
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.
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.
Latest sale
£480
24-month median
£460
24-month high
£580
24-month low
£400
Estimated value · likely range
£438–£522 ±9%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £480 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £580 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £520 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £460 | 2 |
| February 2020 | £410 | 2 |
| January 2020 | £440 | 2 |
| November 2019 | £400 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £400 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £540 | 1 |
| June 2019 | £460 | 1 |
| May 2019 | £410 | 2 |
| April 2019 | £480 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's at auction is £480. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £400 to £580 (median £460).
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%.
Caol Ila 1982 36 Year Old Cadenhead's has appeared in 16 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £460. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £480, 24-month median £460 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 £480 would cost the buyer approximately £605 all-in including buyer's premium.
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