Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £763, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £580 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is £554–£746 (±15% around the latest sale).
Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1991.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1991), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as blackseriesxop, 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
£650
24-month median
£763
24-month high
£1,150
24-month low
£580
Estimated value · likely range
£554–£746 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £650 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £580 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £650 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £850 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £1,000 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £950 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £1,150 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £800 | 1 |
| February 2022 | £775 | 2 |
| December 2021 | £750 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £763, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £580. 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 1991 XOP Black Series, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £580 to £1,150 (median £763).
Caol Ila 1991 XOP Black Series 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 £763 (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 1991 XOP Black Series has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £763. 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 £650, 24-month median £763 — 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 1991 XOP Black Series that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.
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