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Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023

£360

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

36

Houses

1

Last sold

24 days ago

Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 20 years. Based on 36 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £280 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 is £308–£412 (±14% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 2023.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2023), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 261) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
20 years
Vintage
2023
Cask number
261
Edition
Exclusive Feis Ile
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£360

24-month high

£440

24-month low

£280

Estimated value · likely range

£308–£412 ±14%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

▲ 50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 12% of tracked bottles

Last seen

24 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 10%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£272£362£453Jul 23Jul 24Jun 25Oct 25Feb 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£3601
July 2026£3001
March 2026£2802
February 2026£3002
October 2025£3002
June 2025£3602
July 2024£4002
September 2023£4404
August 2023£4402
July 2023£40418

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 at auction?

Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 12% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £440 and a low of £280. 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 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £280 to £440 (median £360).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023?

Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 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 £360 (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 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 a good investment?

Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 has appeared in 36 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £360. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023?

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 £360, 24-month median £360 — 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 20 Year Old Cask #261 Distillery Exclusive Feis Ile 2023 that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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