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Whisky investment intelligence

Investing in Ladyburn

9 Ladyburn expressions tracked across 37+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

-21.0%

Median return

-18.0%

Volatility (±)

12.5%

Verdict

Significant decline — wait for stabilisation

Top performers (12 months)

Ladyburn bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
Ladyburn 1973 27 Year Old Single Cask #1591£600£650-7.7%
Ladyburn - 1973£500£550-12.3%
Ladyburn 1974 40 Year Old Batch #2£900£1,200-23.9%
Ladyburn 1974 Batch #1£600£1,000-40.0%

Blue-chip Ladyburn

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Cooled off (12 months)

Ladyburn bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 37+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

  • Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
  • Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
  • Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

For a deeper view, the full Ladyburn catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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