latest hammer price
Auction lots
29
Houses
1
Last sold
471 days ago
Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 20 years. Based on 29 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £435, with the most recent sale at £700. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £310 (low) to £950 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd is £553–£847 (±21% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd is up 100%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.
Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd, 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
£700
24-month median
£435
24-month high
£950
24-month low
£310
Estimated value · likely range
£553–£847 ±21%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market
Seen at auction
0 lots
Last seen
471 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | £700 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £950 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £850 | 2 |
| June 2021 | £560 | 1 |
| April 2021 | £600 | 1 |
| February 2021 | £560 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £700 | 1 |
| December 2019 | £540 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £420 | 1 |
| September 2019 | £460 | 1 |
| April 2018 | £320 | 3 |
| November 2017 | £410 | 2 |
More from Laphroaig
Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).
The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd at auction is £700. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £435, with a high of £950 and a low of £310. 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.
Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd is up 100% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd 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 £435 (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 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd has moved up 100%, with a current median hammer price of £435. The bottle has been observed at auction across 29 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 £700, 24-month median £435 — 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 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old Speciality Drinks Ltd that hammers at £700 would cost the buyer approximately £882 all-in including buyer's premium.
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