latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses
Auction lots
434
Houses
3
Last sold
25 days ago
Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 24 years. Based on 434 recorded auction lots across 48 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £273, with the most recent sale at £265. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) is £244–£286 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) is up 15.2%, with a 6-month trend of +20.5% (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.
Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) is an age-stated bottling at 24 years old.
Age statement
A 24-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as 175thanniversary, 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.
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Latest sale
£265
24-month median
£273
24-month high
£540
24-month low
£200
Estimated value · likely range
£244–£286 ±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.
Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks
Seen at auction
36 lots
Cadence
≈ 3 per month
Trend
▼ 12% vs prior year
Houses
3
Activity rank
top 1% of tracked bottles
Last seen
25 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · Bonhams
Cross-house median
£280
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 93 | £280 | £271 |
| Whisky Hammer | 23 | £200 | £330 |
| Bonhams | 1 | £180 | £180 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £265 | 2 |
| July 2026 | £245 | 2 |
| June 2026 | £200 | 4 |
| March 2026 | £291 | 12 |
| February 2026 | £248 | 6 |
| December 2025 | £230 | 2 |
| November 2025 | £220 | 3 |
| October 2025 | £270 | 2 |
| September 2025 | £250 | 3 |
| July 2025 | £217 | 6 |
| June 2025 | £275 | 4 |
| May 2025 | £320 | 2 |
Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) appeared in 36 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 12% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) at auction is £265. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £273, with a high of £540 and a low of £200. 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.
Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) is up 15.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 20.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) 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 £273 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Caol Ila - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) has moved up 15.2%, with a current median hammer price of £273. The bottle has been observed at auction across 434 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.
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 £265, 24-month median £273 — 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 - 24 Year Old (175th Anniversary) that hammers at £265 would cost the buyer approximately £334 all-in including buyer's premium.
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