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Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release

£103
10.1%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

206

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin aged 12 years. Based on 206 recorded auction lots across 70 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £85, with the most recent sale at £103. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release is £83–£124 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release is down 10.1%, with a 6-month trend of -6.1% (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.

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About Lagavulin

Lagavulin is a whisky distillery. Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2012.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2012), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Lagavulin
Age
12 years
Vintage
2012
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£103

24-month median

£85

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£83–£124 ±20%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

6.1%vs 6 months ago
10.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£102£155Jun 13Apr 15Nov 16Aug 18Jun 20Dec 21Oct 24Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1036
September 2025£1402
May 2025£1102
October 2024£1202
September 2024£1302
November 2023£1202
September 2023£1102
July 2023£1202
June 2023£1302
April 2023£1404
March 2023£1504
January 2023£1402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release at auction?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release appeared in 8 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release?

The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release at auction is £103. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £85, with a high of £150 and a low of £50. 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.

How much has Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release changed in value over the past year?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release is down 10.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 6.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 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 £85 (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%.

Is Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release has moved down 10.1%, with a current median hammer price of £85. The bottle has been observed at auction across 206 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release?

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 £103, 24-month median £85 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2012 Release that hammers at £103 would cost the buyer approximately £130 all-in including buyer's premium.

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