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Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release

£87
12.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 13 lots a year

Auction lots

108

Houses

2

Last sold

53 days ago

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin aged 12 years. Based on 108 recorded auction lots across 46 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £93, with the most recent sale at £87. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £68 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release is £73–£101 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release is down 12.9%, with a 6-month trend of -20.8% (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 2017 Release is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2017.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2017), 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
2017
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£87

24-month median

£93

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£68

Estimated value · likely range

£73–£101 ±16%

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

13 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

225% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 6% of tracked bottles

Last seen

53 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£93

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 Auctions75£87£95
Whisky Hammer5£68£90
20.8%vs 6 months ago
12.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£65£100£134Nov 17Mar 19Jan 20Nov 20Sept 21Jun 23Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£877
June 2026£681
May 2026£851
April 2026£1202
November 2025£1202
November 2024£1202
October 2024£1102
June 2024£1102
April 2024£1204
September 2023£952
June 2023£1102
May 2023£903

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release at auction?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release appeared in 13 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 225% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 6% 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 2017 Release?

The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release at auction is £87. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £93, with a high of £130 and a low of £68. 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 2017 Release changed in value over the past year?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release is down 12.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 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 £93 (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 2017 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2017 Release has moved down 12.9%, with a current median hammer price of £93. The bottle has been observed at auction across 108 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 2017 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 £87, 24-month median £93 — 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 2017 Release that hammers at £87 would cost the buyer approximately £110 all-in including buyer's premium.

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