Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B aged 23 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £248, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £185 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is £148–£232 (±22% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is down 36.7%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.
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Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is a whisky distillery. Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1997.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1997), 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
£190
24-month median
£248
24-month high
£360
24-month low
£185
Estimated value · likely range
£148–£232 ±22%
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 | £190 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £220 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £190 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £190 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £185 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £200 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £190 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £240 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £360 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £340 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £320 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £260 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £248, with a high of £360 and a low of £185. 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 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B is down 36.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caroni 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B 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 £248 (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 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B has moved down 36.7%, with a current median hammer price of £248. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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 £190, 24-month median £248 — 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 1997 23 Year Old Rum Sponge Edition No.3B that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.
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