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Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5

£640

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

1

Houses

1

Last sold

39 days ago

Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 34 years. Based on 1 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £640, with the most recent sale at £640. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £640 (low) to £640 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 is £544–£736 15% around the latest sale).

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About Laphroaig

Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 is an age-stated bottling at 34 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 34-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
34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5
Age
34 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£640

24-month median

£640

24-month high

£640

24-month low

£640

Estimated value · likely range

£544–£736 ±15%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

39 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £640 in July 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£6401

Comparable bottles

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 at auction?

Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 98% 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 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 at auction is £640. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £640, with a high of £640 and a low of £640. 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 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £640 to £640 (median £640).

Where can I sell Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5?

Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 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 £640 (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 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 a good investment?

Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 has appeared in 1 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £640. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Laphroaig 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5?

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 £640, 24-month median £640 — 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 34 Year Old (The Ian Hunter Story) Book 5 that hammers at £640 would cost the buyer approximately £806 all-in including buyer's premium.

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