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Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40%

£220

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

116 days ago

Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cavalier aged 16 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £220 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% is £187–£253 15% around the latest sale).

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About Cavalier

Cavalier is a whisky distillery. Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Cavalier
Age
16 years
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
750ml

Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£220

24-month low

£220

Estimated value · likely range

£187–£253 ±15%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

116 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £220 in May 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£2201

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% at auction?

Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40%?

The latest hammer price for Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £220 and a low of £220. 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 Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £220 to £220 (median £220).

Where can I sell Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40%?

Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% 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%.

Is Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% a good investment?

Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40%?

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 £220, 24-month median £220 — 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 Cavalier 1981 16 Year Old Antigua Rum 75cl / 40% that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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