Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 21 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask is £184–£216 (±8% around the latest sale).
Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1981.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as caskfirst, 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
£200
24-month median
£200
24-month high
£270
24-month low
£180
Estimated value · likely range
£184–£216 ±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 Hammer
Cross-house median
£195
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 | 30 | £230 | £190 |
| Whisky Hammer | 10 | £200 | £200 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £200 | 2 |
| July 2024 | £270 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £210 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £230 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £230 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £180 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £200 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £200 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £190 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask at auction is £200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £270 and a low of £180. 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 Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £270 (median £200).
Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First 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 £200 (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%.
Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £200. 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 £200, 24-month median £200 — 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 Caol Ila 1981 21 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £200 would cost the buyer approximately £252 all-in including buyer's premium.
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