Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila, bottled in 2017. Based on 105 recorded auction lots across 40 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £110 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release is £53–£67 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release is down 17.2%, with a 6-month trend of -25% (down). 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.
Caol Ila is a whisky distillery. Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2017.
Named / limited release
Released as caskonlystrength, 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
£60
24-month median
£80
24-month high
£110
24-month low
£60
Estimated value · likely range
£53–£67 ±11%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £60 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £65 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £60 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £60 | 4 |
| October 2024 | £75 | 2 |
| May 2024 | £80 | 2 |
| March 2024 | £80 | 4 |
| November 2023 | £60 | 2 |
| July 2023 | £70 | 2 |
| May 2023 | £65 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £83 | 4 |
| February 2023 | £90 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £110 and a low of £60. 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.
Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release is down 17.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release 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 £80 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Caol Ila Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release has moved down 17.2%, with a current median hammer price of £80. The bottle has been observed at auction across 105 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.
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 £60, 24-month median £80 — 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 Distillery Only Cask Strength 2017 Release that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.
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