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Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release

£73
39.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

192

Houses

2

Last sold

80 days ago

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin aged 12 years. Based on 192 recorded auction lots across 64 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £95, with the most recent sale at £73. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release is £59–£87 19% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release is down 39.2%, with a 6-month trend of -39.2% (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 2015 Release is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2015.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2015), 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
2015
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£73

24-month median

£95

24-month high

£200

24-month low

£65

Estimated value · likely range

£59–£87 ±19%

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

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£95

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions121£95£95
Whisky Hammer2£73£137
39.2%vs 6 months ago
39.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£63£135£206Feb 16Jan 18Jan 19Jun 20Jun 21Apr 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£731
May 2026£952
March 2026£1102
November 2025£1054
May 2025£1202
March 2025£1102
February 2025£1202
July 2024£1202
January 2024£1104
September 2023£1002
August 2023£1102
June 2023£1336

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release at auction?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release appeared in 9 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 50% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 9% by auction activity among the 29,829 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 2015 Release?

The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release at auction is £73. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £95, with a high of £200 and a low of £65. 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 2015 Release changed in value over the past year?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release is down 39.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 39.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 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 £95 (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 2015 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2015 Release has moved down 39.2%, with a current median hammer price of £95. The bottle has been observed at auction across 192 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 2015 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 £73, 24-month median £95 — 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 2015 Release that hammers at £73 would cost the buyer approximately £92 all-in including buyer's premium.

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