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Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release

£220
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

95

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 10 years. Based on 95 recorded auction lots across 43 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £200, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £280 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release is £193–£248 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of +29.4% (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 Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release is an age-stated bottling at 10 years old, distilled in 1994.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as royalwarrant, 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
Laphroaig
Age
10 years
Vintage
1994
Edition
Warrant
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£220

24-month median

£200

24-month high

£280

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£193–£248 ±13%

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

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

29% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£200

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 Auctions70£220£200
Whisky Hammer9£140£180
29.4%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£136£212£288Nov 17Oct 18Sept 19Apr 22Aug 23May 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2201
May 2026£1403
March 2026£1501
November 2025£1503
October 2025£1601
August 2025£2202
July 2025£1702
May 2025£2102
September 2024£2401
April 2024£1702
March 2024£2403
January 2024£2302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release at auction?

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release appeared in 9 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 29% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 9% 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 Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £200, with a high of £280 and a low of £140. 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 Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 29.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release?

Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 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 £200 (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 Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £200. The bottle has been observed at auction across 95 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 Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 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 £220, 24-month median £200 — 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 Laphroaig 10 Year Old Royal Warrant 1994 Release that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.

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