latest hammer price
Auction lots
81
Houses
1
Last sold
43 days ago
Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caroni aged 23 years. Based on 81 recorded auction lots across 27 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £150 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros is £122–£178 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros is down 21.1%, with a 6-month trend of -18.9% (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 is a whisky distillery. Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1998.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1998), 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
£150
24-month median
£220
24-month high
£340
24-month low
£150
Estimated value · likely range
£122–£178 ±18%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears
Seen at auction
11 lots
Cadence
≈ every 33 days
Trend
▼ 21% vs prior year
Houses
1
Activity rank
top 7% of tracked bottles
Last seen
43 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | £150 | 1 |
| May 2026 | £180 | 1 |
| April 2026 | £230 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £165 | 4 |
| October 2025 | £170 | 4 |
| June 2025 | £183 | 6 |
| May 2025 | £185 | 4 |
| March 2025 | £170 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £210 | 2 |
| June 2024 | £190 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £170 | 2 |
| January 2024 | £210 | 2 |
More from Caroni
Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 down 21% 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.
The latest hammer price for Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £340 and a low of £150. 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 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros is down 21.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caroni 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros 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 £220 (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 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros has moved down 21.1%, with a current median hammer price of £220. The bottle has been observed at auction across 81 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 £150, 24-month median £220 — 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 1998 23 Year Old Thompson Bros that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.
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