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Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968)

£8,000

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

42 days ago

Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £8,000, with the most recent sale at £8,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £8,000 (low) to £8,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) is £6,800–£9,200 (±15% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 1968 'Celtic Label' is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1968.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1968), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
1968 'Celtic Label'
Vintage
1968
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£8,000

24-month median

£8,000

24-month high

£8,000

24-month low

£8,000

Estimated value · likely range

£6,800–£9,200 ±15%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 92% of tracked bottles

Last seen

42 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £8,000 in September 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£8,0001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) at auction?

Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 92% 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 'Celtic Label' (1968)?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) at auction is £8,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £8,000, with a high of £8,000 and a low of £8,000. 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 'Celtic Label' (1968) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £8,000 to £8,000 (median £8,000).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968)?

Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) 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 £8,000 (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 'Celtic Label' (1968) a good investment?

Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968) has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £8,000. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 'Celtic Label' (1968)?

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 £8,000, 24-month median £8,000 — 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 'Celtic Label' (1968) that hammers at £8,000 would cost the buyer approximately £10,080 all-in including buyer's premium.

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