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Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling

£700

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

2

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 30 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £725, with the most recent sale at £700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £700 (low) to £750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling is £644–£756 8% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 9201) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
30 years
Vintage
1988
Cask number
9201
Edition
Syndicate
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£700

24-month median

£725

24-month high

£750

24-month low

£700

Estimated value · likely range

£644–£756 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£679£726£773May 25Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£7001
May 2025£7501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling at auction?

Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling at auction is £700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £725, with a high of £750 and a low of £700. 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 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £700 to £750 (median £725).

Where can I sell Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling?

Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling 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 £725 (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 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling a good investment?

Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £725. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling?

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 £700, 24-month median £725 — 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 1988 30 Year Old Single Cask #9201 The Syndicate’s Bottling that hammers at £700 would cost the buyer approximately £882 all-in including buyer's premium.

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