latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses
Auction lots
10
Houses
2
Last sold
3 days ago
Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin aged 18 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £2,250, with the most recent sale at £2,300. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £1,950 (low) to £2,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram is £2,116–£2,484 (±8% around the latest sale).
Lagavulin is a whisky distillery. Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as dramfarewelliain, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
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.
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Latest sale
£2,300
24-month median
£2,250
24-month high
£2,400
24-month low
£1,950
Estimated value · likely range
£2,116–£2,484 ±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.
Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year
Seen at auction
6 lots
Cadence
≈ every 61 days
Trend
▲ 50% vs prior year
Houses
2
Activity rank
top 14% of tracked bottles
Last seen
3 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Auctioneer
Cross-house median
£2,250
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 9 | £2,300 | £2,300 |
| Whisky Auctioneer | 1 | £1,950 | £1,950 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | £2,300 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £2,200 | 2 |
| February 2026 | £1,950 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £2,400 | 2 |
| August 2025 | £2,300 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £2,000 | 2 |
Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). 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 14% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram at auction is £2,300. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £2,250, with a high of £2,400 and a low of £1,950. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £1,950 to £2,400 (median £2,250).
Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram 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 £2,250 (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%.
Lagavulin 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £2,250. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £2,300, 24-month median £2,250 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 18 Year Old Iain’s Farewell Dram that hammers at £2,300 would cost the buyer approximately £2,898 all-in including buyer's premium.
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