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Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition

£4,000

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 27 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £4,700, with the most recent sale at £4,000. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,200 (low) to £5,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition is £3,617–£4,383 10% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1980.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1980), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as friends, 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
27 years
Vintage
1980
Edition
Friends
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£4,000

24-month median

£4,700

24-month high

£5,600

24-month low

£3,200

Estimated value · likely range

£3,617–£4,383 ±10%

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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

20%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£3,104£4,436£5,768Sept 22Feb 23Jan 24Sept 24Nov 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4,0001
November 2025£4,8002
September 2024£5,6002
April 2024£3,2002
January 2024£4,2002
May 2023£4,6002
February 2023£5,0002
September 2022£5,2002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition at auction?

Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 28% 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 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition at auction is £4,000. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £4,700, with a high of £5,600 and a low of £3,200. 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 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £3,200 to £5,600 (median £4,700).

Where can I sell Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition?

Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig 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 £4,700 (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 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition a good investment?

Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £4,700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition?

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 £4,000, 24-month median £4,700 — 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 1980 27 Year Old Friends Of Laphroaig Edition that hammers at £4,000 would cost the buyer approximately £5,040 all-in including buyer's premium.

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