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Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess

£180
10%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 11 lots a year

Auction lots

27

Houses

1

Last sold

43 days ago

Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caroni aged 21 years. Based on 27 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £190, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £160 (low) to £380 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess is £166–£194 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess is down 10%, with a 6-month trend of -10% (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 Caroni

Caroni is a whisky distillery. Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Caroni
Age
21 years
Vintage
1998
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£180

24-month median

£190

24-month high

£380

24-month low

£160

Estimated value · likely range

£166–£194 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

11 lots

Cadence

≈ every 33 days

Trend

175% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

43 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

10%vs 6 months ago
10%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£155£273£391Nov 19Oct 20May 24Mar 25Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1802
June 2026£2201
May 2026£1802
December 2025£1702
November 2025£1802
October 2025£2002
March 2025£2002
October 2024£1902
May 2024£2104
September 2022£3802
October 2020£1602
December 2019£1801

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess at auction?

Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess appeared in 11 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 175% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 7% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess?

The latest hammer price for Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £190, with a high of £380 and a low of £160. 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 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess changed in value over the past year?

Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess is down 10% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 10%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess?

Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess 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 £190 (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 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess has moved down 10%, with a current median hammer price of £190. The bottle has been observed at auction across 27 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 Caroni 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess?

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 £180, 24-month median £190 — 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 1998 21 Year Old The Duchess that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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