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Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018

£80
15.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

396

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin. Based on 396 recorded auction lots across 75 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £80. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 is £73–£87 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 is down 15.8%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (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 Jazz Festival 2018 is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2018), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as festivaljazz, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Lagavulin
Vintage
2018
Edition
Jazz Festival
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£80

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£220

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£73–£87 ±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

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

66% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£110

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 Auctions138£80£110
Whisky Hammer17£100£120
33.3%vs 6 months ago
15.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£152£227Oct 18Dec 19Apr 21Jun 22Jun 23Nov 24May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£801
July 2026£882
May 2026£1001
April 2026£901
March 2026£1001
February 2026£903
December 2025£1202
November 2025£1203
June 2025£1102
May 2025£935
April 2025£1002
March 2025£834

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 at auction?

Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 66% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 Jazz Festival 2018?

The latest hammer price for Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 at auction is £80. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £220 and a low of £80. 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 Jazz Festival 2018 changed in value over the past year?

Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 is down 15.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018?

Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 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 £110 (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 Jazz Festival 2018 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lagavulin Jazz Festival 2018 has moved down 15.8%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 396 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 Jazz Festival 2018?

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 £80, 24-month median £110 — 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 Jazz Festival 2018 that hammers at £80 would cost the buyer approximately £101 all-in including buyer's premium.

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