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Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive

£238
25.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 10 lots a year

Auction lots

159

Houses

2

Last sold

4 days ago

Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 25 years. Based on 159 recorded auction lots across 50 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £303, with the most recent sale at £238. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive is £207–£268 13% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive is down 25.8%, with a 6-month trend of +3.3% (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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive 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.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as bessieexclusiveretailstorytravelwilliamson, 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
Edition
Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£238

24-month median

£303

24-month high

£500

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£207–£268 ±13%

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

10 lots

Cadence

≈ every 37 days

Trend

47% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

4 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£303

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 Auctions80£270£300
Whisky Hammer18£310£330
3.3%vs 6 months ago
25.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£165£340£515Oct 19Aug 20Dec 21Nov 22Aug 23Dec 24Mar 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2383
March 2026£2303
February 2026£1701
October 2025£3002
September 2025£2401
August 2025£2702
July 2025£2306
April 2025£2901
February 2025£2503
December 2024£2902
November 2024£3005
March 2024£2854

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive at auction?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive appeared in 10 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 47% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 8% by auction activity among the 29,926 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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive at auction is £238. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £303, with a high of £500 and a low of £170. 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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive is down 25.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 3.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive?

Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive 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 £303 (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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig 25 Year Old The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive has moved down 25.8%, with a current median hammer price of £303. The bottle has been observed at auction across 159 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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive?

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 £238, 24-month median £303 — 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 The Bessie Williamson Story Travel Retail Exclusive that hammers at £238 would cost the buyer approximately £299 all-in including buyer's premium.

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