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Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram)

£40
14.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

38

Houses

2

Last sold

117 days ago

Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cardhu aged 15 years. Based on 38 recorded auction lots across 28 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £41, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £390 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is £24–£56 40% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is up 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -78.4% (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 Cardhu

Cardhu is a whisky distillery. Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Cardhu rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Cardhu
Expression
15 Year Old (Manager's Dram)
Age
15 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£41

24-month high

£390

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£24–£56 ±40%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£44

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 Auctions23£40£40
Whisky Hammer9£390£320
78.4%vs 6 months ago
14.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£218£402Jun 16Feb 20Feb 21Aug 22May 23Feb 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£401
April 2026£3902
December 2025£401
November 2025£1752
November 2024£2501
September 2024£3001
August 2024£1852
February 2024£401
November 2023£2901
October 2023£501
August 2023£551
May 2023£501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction?

Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) appeared in 6 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 14% 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 Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

The latest hammer price for Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £41, with a high of £390 and a low of £35. 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 Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) changed in value over the past year?

Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) is up 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 78.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) 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 £41 (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 Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) has moved up 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £41. The bottle has been observed at auction across 38 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 Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram)?

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 £40, 24-month median £41 — 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 Cardhu 15 Year Old (Manager's Dram) that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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