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Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983)

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Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 30 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £578, with the most recent sale at £580. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £410 (low) to £640 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) is £509–£651 12% around the latest sale).

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About Caol Ila

Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1983.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1983), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

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
Caol Ila
Expression
30 Year Old (1983)
Age
30 years
Vintage
1983
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£580

24-month median

£578

24-month high

£640

24-month low

£410

Estimated value · likely range

£509–£651 ±12%

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 across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£580

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
Whisky Hammer8£580£580
whisky.auction1£575£575
9.4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£5802
March 2026£5751
November 2025£6001
October 2025£4101
January 2025£6001
March 2024£4251
March 2022£6401
January 2022£4701

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983)?

The latest hammer price for Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) at auction is £580. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £578, with a high of £640 and a low of £410. 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 Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £410 to £640 (median £578).

Where can I sell Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983)?

Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) 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 £578 (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 Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) a good investment?

Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £578. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983)?

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 £580, 24-month median £578 — 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 Caol Ila 30 Year Old (1983) (1983) that hammers at £580 would cost the buyer approximately £731 all-in including buyer's premium.

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