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Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition

£360

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

12

Houses

1

Last sold

80 days ago

Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 27 years. Based on 12 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £350, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £310 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition is £331–£389 8% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old, distilled in 1988.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1988), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 89, 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
27 years
Vintage
1988
Edition
89
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£350

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£310

Estimated value · likely range

£331–£389 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

80 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

7.7%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£301£356£412Aug 21Feb 22Nov 22Apr 24Sept 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£3601
May 2026£3203
November 2025£3701
September 2025£3601
April 2024£4001
July 2023£3301
March 2023£3901
November 2022£3401
February 2022£3101
August 2021£3401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition at auction?

Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 14% 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 - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £350, with a high of £400 and a low of £310. 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 - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £310 to £400 (median £350).

Where can I sell Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition?

Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited 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 £350 (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 - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition a good investment?

Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition has appeared in 12 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £350. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited 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 £360, 24-month median £350 — 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 - 27 Year Old (1988/89) Limited Edition that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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