Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin, bottled in 1979. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £640, with the most recent sale at £560. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £260 (low) to £1,200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition is £433–£687 (±23% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition is down 25.3%, with a 6-month trend of -30% (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.
Lagavulin is a whisky distillery. Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1979.
Named / limited release
Released as distillers, 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.
Latest sale
£560
24-month median
£640
24-month high
£1,200
24-month low
£260
Estimated value · likely range
£433–£687 ±23%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £560 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £460 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £700 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £850 | 1 |
| September 2020 | £800 | 1 |
| July 2020 | £800 | 2 |
| November 2019 | £700 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £800 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £617 | 3 |
| July 2019 | £700 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition at auction is £560. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £640, with a high of £1,200 and a low of £260. 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.
Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition is down 25.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 30%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition 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 £640 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Lagavulin 1979 Distillers Edition has moved down 25.3%, with a current median hammer price of £640. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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.
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 £560, 24-month median £640 — 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 1979 Distillers Edition that hammers at £560 would cost the buyer approximately £706 all-in including buyer's premium.
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