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Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice

£460

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caperdonich. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £580, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £460 (low) to £750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is £350–£570 24% around the latest sale).

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About Caperdonich

Caperdonich is a whisky distillery. Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1972.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1972), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as choiceconnoisseurs, 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
Caperdonich
Vintage
1972
Edition
Connoisseurs Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£460

24-month median

£580

24-month high

£750

24-month low

£460

Estimated value · likely range

£350–£570 ±24%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£446£609£773Jan 21Feb 22Jul 23Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£4602
September 2025£4602
July 2023£7002
March 2022£7502
February 2022£7502
January 2021£4602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 4 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 22% 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 Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £580, with a high of £750 and a low of £460. 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 Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £460 to £750 (median £580).

Where can I sell Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice 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 £580 (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 Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £580. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £460, 24-month median £580 — 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 Caperdonich 1972 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.

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