SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 29 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £420, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £540 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection is £386–£454 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection is up 2.4%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection is an age-stated bottling at 29 years old, distilled in 1990.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1990), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 29-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection, 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
£420
24-month median
£420
24-month high
£540
24-month low
£360
Estimated value · likely range
£386–£454 ±8%
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 | £420 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £400 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £400 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £360 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £400 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £430 | 2 |
| August 2022 | £420 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £420 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £480 | 1 |
| November 2021 | £540 | 1 |
| September 2021 | £460 | 1 |
| June 2021 | £367 | 3 |
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The latest hammer price for SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £420, with a high of £540 and a low of £360. 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.
SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection is up 2.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection 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 £420 (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 SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection has moved up 2.4%, with a current median hammer price of £420. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 £420, 24-month median £420 — 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 SMWS 53.333 Caol Ila 1990 29 Year Old Vaults Collection that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.
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