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Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition)

£580
31.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

71

Houses

3

Last sold

25 days ago

Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 25 years. Based on 71 recorded auction lots across 54 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £275, with the most recent sale at £580. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £580 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) is £467–£693 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) is up 31.8%, with a 6-month trend of +18.4% (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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 2014.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2014), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskstrength, 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
25 years
Vintage
2014
Edition
Cask Strength
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£580

24-month median

£275

24-month high

£580

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£467–£693 ±20%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

40% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Rarity signal: few lots but spread across 3 houses — sellers seek this bottle out.

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£283

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions45£580£260
Whisky Hammer10£340£345
whisky.auction1£440£440
18.4%vs 6 months ago
31.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£401£597Aug 15Jul 16Mar 18Jan 20Mar 22Oct 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£5801
March 2026£4401
February 2026£3403
October 2025£4201
September 2025£5801
June 2025£3201
May 2025£4901
November 2024£3301
October 2024£3601
September 2024£4201
June 2024£4201
February 2024£3601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) at auction?

Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) appeared in 7 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 40% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 13% 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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition)?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) at auction is £580. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £275, with a high of £580 and a low of £210. 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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) is up 31.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 18.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition)?

Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength 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 £275 (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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) has moved up 31.8%, with a current median hammer price of £275. The bottle has been observed at auction across 71 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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength 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 £580, 24-month median £275 — 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 - 25 Year Old (2014 Cask Strength Edition) that hammers at £580 would cost the buyer approximately £731 all-in including buyer's premium.

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