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Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask)

£243
19.2%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 16 lots a year

Auction lots

285

Houses

3

Last sold

25 days ago

Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 25 years. Based on 285 recorded auction lots across 84 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £260, with the most recent sale at £243. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £200 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) is £223–£262 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) is down 19.2%, with a 6-month trend of -13.4% (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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask) is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

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

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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask)
Age
25 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£243

24-month median

£260

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£200

Estimated value · likely range

£223–£262 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

16 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

20% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 5% 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 · Bonhams

Cross-house median

£260

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 Auctions158£250£260
Whisky Hammer5£250£320
Bonhams1£240£240
13.4%vs 6 months ago
19.2%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£194£303£412May 14Nov 17Dec 19Jul 21Nov 22Dec 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2433
July 2026£2401
June 2026£2502
April 2026£2502
March 2026£2402
January 2026£2502
December 2025£2802
September 2025£2502
July 2025£2502
May 2025£2704
April 2025£2702
February 2025£2602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) at auction?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) appeared in 16 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 20% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask)?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) at auction is £243. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £260, with a high of £400 and a low of £200. 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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask) changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) is down 19.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 13.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask)?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) 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 £260 (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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig 25 Year Old (Oloroso Sherry Cask) has moved down 19.2%, with a current median hammer price of £260. The bottle has been observed at auction across 285 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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask)?

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 £243, 24-month median £260 — 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 (Oloroso Sherry Cask) that hammers at £243 would cost the buyer approximately £306 all-in including buyer's premium.

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