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Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2

£28

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

2

Last sold

39 days ago

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 8 years. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 5 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £30, with the most recent sale at £28. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £28 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 is £25–£30 8% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as conceptseq2, 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
Age
8 years
Edition
Concept
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£28

24-month median

£30

24-month high

£40

24-month low

£28

Estimated value · likely range

£25–£30 ±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

2

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£30

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions4£40£33
Whisky Hammer1£28£28

Price history (monthly median)

£27£34£41Mar 22Jul 23Jul 25Jan 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£281
January 2026£401
July 2025£351
July 2023£301
March 2022£301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 at auction?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 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). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. 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 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 at auction is £28. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £30, with a high of £40 and a low of £28. 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 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £28 to £40 (median £30).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 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 £30 (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 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 a good investment?

Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £30. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2?

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 £28, 24-month median £30 — 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 8 Year Old Concept 8 Release 2 that hammers at £28 would cost the buyer approximately £35 all-in including buyer's premium.

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