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Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1%

£55

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

2 days ago

Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 9 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £58, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £55 (low) to £60 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% is £51–£59 8% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% is an age-stated bottling at 9 years old, distilled in 2012.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 53x387) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

  • Independent bottling

    An independent bottling by smws, 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
9 years
Vintage
2012
Cask number
53x387
Bottler
SMWS
Edition
Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 60
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£55

24-month median

£58

24-month high

£60

24-month low

£55

Estimated value · likely range

£51–£59 ±8%

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

2 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£53£58£62Jun 26Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£551
June 2026£601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% at auction?

Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% 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 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1%?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £58, with a high of £60 and a low of £55. 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 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £55 to £60 (median £58).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1%?

Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% 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 £58 (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 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% a good investment?

Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £58. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1%?

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 £55, 24-month median £58 — 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 2012 9 Year Old SMWS 53.387 Smoky Dynamite Shrimp 70cl / 60.1% that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.

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