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Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston

£495

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

11

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 33 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £500, with the most recent sale at £495. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £460 (low) to £650 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston is £455–£535 8% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston is an age-stated bottling at 33 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 33-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston, 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
33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston
Age
33 years
Edition
Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£495

24-month median

£500

24-month high

£650

24-month low

£460

Estimated value · likely range

£455–£535 ±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

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

167% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

11.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£446£558£670Apr 25Jun 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£4953
July 2026£5001
May 2026£4801
April 2026£4801
March 2026£4601
December 2025£5201
August 2025£5601
June 2025£6501
April 2025£6001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston at auction?

Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston appeared in 8 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 167% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% 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 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston at auction is £495. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £500, with a high of £650 and a low of £460. 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 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £460 to £650 (median £500).

Where can I sell Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston?

Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston 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 £500 (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 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston a good investment?

Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £500. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston?

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 £495, 24-month median £500 — 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 33 Year Old Strong Characters: Donald Johnston that hammers at £495 would cost the buyer approximately £624 all-in including buyer's premium.

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