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Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl

£230
53.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

20

Houses

2

Last sold

193 days ago

Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kavalan. Based on 20 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £89, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl is £183–£277 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl is up 53.3%, with a 6-month trend of +187.5% (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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About Kavalan

Kavalan is a whisky distillery. Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 300ml 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
Kavalan
Bottle size
300ml

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Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£89

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£183–£277 ±20%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

193 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£90

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions13£50£90
Whisky Hammer4£230£155
187.5%vs 6 months ago
53.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£143£237Jul 21Sept 22Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£2302
January 2026£501
March 2025£801
October 2023£751
September 2023£751
August 2023£882
July 2023£801
June 2023£701
May 2023£701
February 2023£1001
January 2023£901
November 2022£1152

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl at auction?

Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 28% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl?

The latest hammer price for Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £89, with a high of £230 and a low of £50. 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 Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl changed in value over the past year?

Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl is up 53.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 187.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl?

Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl 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 £89 (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 Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl has moved up 53.3%, with a current median hammer price of £89. The bottle has been observed at auction across 20 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 Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl?

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 £230, 24-month median £89 — 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 Kavalan Distillery Reserve Madeira Cask 30cl that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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