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Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery

£185

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

yesterday

Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caroni aged 19 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £185. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £145 (low) to £300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery is £170–£200 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Caroni

Caroni is a whisky distillery. Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery is an age-stated bottling at 19 years old, distilled in 1997.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1997), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 19-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery, 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
Caroni
Expression
1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery
Age
19 years
Vintage
1997
Edition
Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£185

24-month median

£200

24-month high

£300

24-month low

£145

Estimated value · likely range

£170–£200 ±8%

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 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

1 day ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 38.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£141£225£309Jun 17Mar 20Nov 22May 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1852
September 2026£2001
August 2026£2301
July 2025£2001
May 2025£2001
December 2022£2601
November 2022£3001
March 2020£2301
June 2017£1451

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery at auction?

Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery 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 19% 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 Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery?

The latest hammer price for Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery at auction is £185. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £300 and a low of £145. 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 Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £145 to £300 (median £200).

Where can I sell Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery?

Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery 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 £200 (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 Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery a good investment?

Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery?

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 £185, 24-month median £200 — 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 Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Selected by Dornoch Distillery that hammers at £185 would cost the buyer approximately £233 all-in including buyer's premium.

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