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Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series

£650

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £763, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £580 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is £554–£746 15% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1991.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1991), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as blackseriesxop, 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
Vintage
1991
Edition
Xop Black Series
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£763

24-month high

£1,150

24-month low

£580

Estimated value · likely range

£554–£746 ±15%

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

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

35%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£563£874£1,185Dec 21Jan 23Dec 23Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£6501
November 2025£5801
October 2025£6501
March 2024£6501
February 2024£7001
December 2023£8501
February 2023£1,0001
January 2023£9501
October 2022£1,1501
March 2022£8001
February 2022£7752
December 2021£7501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series at auction?

Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series appeared in 3 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 28% 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 1991 XOP Black Series?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £763, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £580. 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 1991 XOP Black Series changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £580 to £1,150 (median £763).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series?

Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series 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 £763 (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 1991 XOP Black Series a good investment?

Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £763. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series?

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 £650, 24-month median £763 — 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 1991 XOP Black Series that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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