Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang aged 23 years. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £250 (low) to £700 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is £318–£522 (±24% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is up 31.9%, with a 6-month trend of -35.4% (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.
Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is a whisky distillery. Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
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
£420
24-month median
£360
24-month high
£700
24-month low
£250
Estimated value · likely range
£318–£522 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £420 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £420 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £480 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £600 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £500 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £650 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £600 | 2 |
| December 2021 | £460 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £700 | 1 |
| January 2021 | £312 | 5 |
| December 2020 | £340 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £700 and a low of £250. 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.
Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang is up 31.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 35.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang 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 £360 (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 Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang has moved up 31.9%, with a current median hammer price of £360. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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 £420, 24-month median £360 — 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 Caroni 1996 23 Year Old Tasting Gang that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.
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