Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Rare Malts Caol aged 20 years. Based on 59 recorded auction lots across 44 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £405, with the most recent sale at £540. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £158 (low) to £750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl is £413–£667 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl is up 22.7%, with a 6-month trend of -28% (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.
Rare Malts Caol is a whisky distillery. Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1975.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1975), 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 Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl, 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
£540
24-month median
£405
24-month high
£750
24-month low
£158
Estimated value · likely range
£413–£667 ±23%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £540 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £460 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £580 | 1 |
| July 2022 | £580 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £650 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £750 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £650 | 3 |
| September 2021 | £750 | 1 |
| August 2020 | £450 | 2 |
| March 2020 | £440 | 1 |
| January 2020 | £400 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl at auction is £540. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £405, with a high of £750 and a low of £158. 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.
Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl is up 22.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 28%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl 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 £405 (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 Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl has moved up 22.7%, with a current median hammer price of £405. The bottle has been observed at auction across 59 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 £540, 24-month median £405 — 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 Rare Malts Caol Ila 1975 20 Year Old 75cl that hammers at £540 would cost the buyer approximately £680 all-in including buyer's premium.
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