latest hammer price
Auction lots
18
Houses
1
Last sold
426 days ago
Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caperdonich. Based on 18 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £158, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice is £173–£247 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice is up 50%, with a 6-month trend of +68% (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.
Caperdonich is a whisky distillery. Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1980.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice, 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.
Latest sale
£210
24-month median
£158
24-month high
£230
24-month low
£100
Estimated value · likely range
£173–£247 ±18%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
426 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £210 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £180 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £160 | 1 |
| June 2019 | £210 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £190 | 1 |
| October 2018 | £125 | 2 |
| August 2018 | £160 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £140 | 1 |
| December 2017 | £155 | 1 |
| October 2017 | £110 | 1 |
| August 2017 | £180 | 1 |
More from Caperdonich
Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £158, with a high of £230 and a low of £100. 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.
Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice is up 50% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 68%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caperdonich 1980 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 £158 (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 Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice has moved up 50%, with a current median hammer price of £158. The bottle has been observed at auction across 18 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 £210, 24-month median £158 — 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 Caperdonich 1980 Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.
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