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Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange

£750

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 21 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £700, with the most recent sale at £750. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £569 (low) to £950 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is £690–£810 8% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old, distilled in 1998.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as exchange, 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
21 years
Vintage
1998
Edition
Exchange
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£750

24-month median

£700

24-month high

£950

24-month low

£569

Estimated value · likely range

£690–£810 ±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

271 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15.4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£552£765£979Jun 20Feb 22May 24Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£7501
May 2024£9501
August 2022£9001
February 2022£7501
July 2021£7001
April 2021£7001
March 2021£6501
February 2021£6502
December 2020£5697
October 2020£6501
September 2020£7001
June 2020£6501

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange at auction?

Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange 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 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange at auction is £750. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £700, with a high of £950 and a low of £569. 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 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £569 to £950 (median £700).

Where can I sell Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange 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 £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 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange a good investment?

Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange has appeared in 19 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £700. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange?

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 £750, 24-month median £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 1998 21 Year Old The Whisky Exchange that hammers at £750 would cost the buyer approximately £945 all-in including buyer's premium.

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