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Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition

£280
12%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

34

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 25 years. Based on 34 recorded auction lots across 28 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £280, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition is £253–£308 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition is up 12%, with a 6-month trend of -12.5% (down). 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 Cask Strength 2011 Edition is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 2011.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2011), 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 Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition, 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
Expression
25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition
Age
25 years
Vintage
2011
Edition
Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£280

24-month median

£280

24-month high

£420

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£253–£308 ±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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£280

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions27£280£280
Whisky Hammer1£290£290
12.5%vs 6 months ago
12%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£318£433Sept 15Mar 17Aug 18Jan 21Sept 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2801
July 2026£2901
October 2025£3801
September 2025£3002
June 2023£4201
May 2021£3201
February 2021£3201
January 2021£3201
September 2020£2601
January 2020£3001
July 2019£2101
May 2019£2301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition at auction?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Cask Strength 2011 Edition?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £280, with a high of £420 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 Cask Strength 2011 Edition changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition is up 12% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 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 £280 (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 Cask Strength 2011 Edition a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig 25 Year Old Cask Strength 2011 Edition has moved up 12%, with a current median hammer price of £280. The bottle has been observed at auction across 34 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 Cask Strength 2011 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 £280, 24-month median £280 — 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 Cask Strength 2011 Edition that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.

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