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Caol Ila 25 Year Old

£170
15%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 51 lots a year

Auction lots

35

Houses

3

Last sold

26 days ago

Caol Ila 25 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 25 years. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 32 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £188, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £350 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 25 Year Old is £155–£185 9% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caol Ila 25 Year Old is down 15%, with a 6-month trend of -15% (down). 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.

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 25 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Expression
25 Year Old
Age
25 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£188

24-month high

£350

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£155–£185 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

51 lots

Cadence

≈ 4 per month

Trend

9% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£157

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions255£158£146
Whisky Hammer35£170£180
whisky.auction1£170£170
15%vs 6 months ago
15%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£126£243£361Jan 22Sept 23Apr 24Nov 24May 25Oct 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1701
May 2026£1703
April 2026£1602
March 2026£1901
February 2026£1701
November 2025£1301
October 2025£2001
September 2025£2201
August 2025£1601
July 2025£1601
June 2025£1601
May 2025£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 25 Year Old at auction?

Caol Ila 25 Year Old appeared in 51 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 9% 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Caol Ila 25 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 25 Year Old at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £188, with a high of £350 and a low of £130. 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 25 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Caol Ila 25 Year Old is down 15% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caol Ila 25 Year Old?

Caol Ila 25 Year Old 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 £188 (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 25 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caol Ila 25 Year Old has moved down 15%, with a current median hammer price of £188. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 25 Year Old?

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 £170, 24-month median £188 — 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 25 Year Old that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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