Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Craigellachie aged 41 years. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,900, with the most recent sale at £1,950. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,800 (low) to £2,000 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask is £1,794–£2,106 (±8% around the latest sale).
Craigellachie is a whisky distillery. Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask is an age-stated bottling at 41 years old, distilled in 1980.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 41-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as caskexceptional, 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.
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Latest sale
£1,950
24-month median
£1,900
24-month high
£2,000
24-month low
£1,800
Estimated value · likely range
£1,794–£2,106 ±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.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Auctioneer
Cross-house median
£1,900
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 3 | £1,800 | £1,900 |
| Whisky Auctioneer | 3 | £1,950 | £1,900 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £1,950 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £1,800 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £1,850 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £1,900 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £1,900 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £2,000 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask at auction is £1,950. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,900, with a high of £2,000 and a low of £1,800. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,800 to £2,000 (median £1,900).
Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask 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 £1,900 (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%.
Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,900. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £1,950, 24-month median £1,900 — 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 Craigellachie 1980 41 Year Old Exceptional Cask that hammers at £1,950 would cost the buyer approximately £2,457 all-in including buyer's premium.
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