SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Caol Ila aged 8 years. Based on 42 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £70, with the most recent sale at £65. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £58 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 is £60–£70 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 is down 50%, with a 6-month trend of -13.3% (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. SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 is an age-stated bottling at 8 years old, distilled in 2022.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2022), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as 53feisilerare, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.
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
£65
24-month median
£70
24-month high
£130
24-month low
£58
Estimated value · likely range
£60–£70 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £65 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £65 | 2 |
| July 2025 | £80 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £70 | 2 |
| August 2024 | £65 | 2 |
| June 2024 | £65 | 2 |
| April 2024 | £75 | 2 |
| February 2024 | £60 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £58 | 4 |
| October 2023 | £75 | 2 |
| September 2023 | £70 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £70 | 2 |
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The latest hammer price for SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 at auction is £65. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £70, with a high of £130 and a low of £58. 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 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 is down 50% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
SMWS 53 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 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 £70 (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 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 has moved down 50%, with a current median hammer price of £70. The bottle has been observed at auction across 42 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 £65, 24-month median £70 — 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 Caol Ila Rare Release 8 Year Old Feis Ile 2022 that hammers at £65 would cost the buyer approximately £82 all-in including buyer's premium.
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