Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 34 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £685, with the most recent sale at £500. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £500 (low) to £960 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master is £414–£586 (±17% around the latest sale).
Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master is an age-stated bottling at 34 years old.
Considerable age
A 34-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as hunterianmasterseq4story, 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.
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Latest sale
£500
24-month median
£685
24-month high
£960
24-month low
£500
Estimated value · likely range
£414–£586 ±17%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£788
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 57 | £540 | £800 |
| Whisky Hammer | 11 | £500 | £660 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £500 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £660 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £600 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £660 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £580 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £710 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £820 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £860 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £920 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £960 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master at auction is £500. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £685, with a high of £960 and a low of £500. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £500 to £960 (median £685).
Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master 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 £685 (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%.
Laphroaig 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £685. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £500, 24-month median £685 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 34 Year Old Ian Hunter Story Book 4: Malt Master that hammers at £500 would cost the buyer approximately £630 all-in including buyer's premium.
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