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Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release

£95
13.6%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 10 lots a year

Auction lots

92

Houses

1

Last sold

25 days ago

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin aged 12 years. Based on 92 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £90, with the most recent sale at £95. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £130 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release is £87–£103 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release is down 13.6%, with a 6-month trend of +5.6% (up). 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 2018 Release is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2018), 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
2018
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£95

24-month median

£90

24-month high

£130

24-month low

£70

Estimated value · likely range

£87–£103 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

10 lots

Cadence

≈ every 37 days

Trend

150% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

5.6%vs 6 months ago
13.6%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£68£101£134Apr 19Feb 20Oct 20Nov 21Aug 22Apr 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£951
July 2026£867
January 2026£1102
March 2025£902
October 2024£902
April 2024£1102
September 2023£902
June 2023£854
December 2022£802
October 2022£1002
August 2022£984
May 2022£1002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release at auction?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release appeared in 10 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 150% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 8% 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 2018 Release?

The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release at auction is £95. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £90, with a high of £130 and a low of £70. 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 2018 Release changed in value over the past year?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release is down 13.6% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release?

Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 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 £90 (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 2018 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lagavulin 12 Year Old 2018 Release has moved down 13.6%, with a current median hammer price of £90. The bottle has been observed at auction across 92 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 2018 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 £95, 24-month median £90 — 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 2018 Release that hammers at £95 would cost the buyer approximately £120 all-in including buyer's premium.

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