Caol Ila 1983 20 Year Old First Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 20 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £143, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £240 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 1983 20 Year Old First Cask is £139–£241 (±27% around the latest sale).
Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 1983 20 Year Old First Cask is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1983.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-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.
Latest sale
£190
24-month median
£143
24-month high
£240
24-month low
£90
Estimated value · likely range
£139–£241 ±27%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | £190 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £240 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £170 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £155 | 2 |
| November 2021 | £210 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £120 | 1 |
| November 2017 | £90 | 1 |
| November 2016 | £130 | 1 |
| October 2015 | £93 | 2 |
| January 2015 | £105 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1983 20 Year Old First Cask at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £143, with a high of £240 and a low of £90. 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 1983 20 Year Old First Cask, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £90 to £240 (median £143).
Caol Ila 1983 20 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 £143 (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 1983 20 Year Old First Cask has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £143. 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 £190, 24-month median £143 — 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 1983 20 Year Old First Cask that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.
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