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Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old

£1,600
6.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

87

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 30 years. Based on 87 recorded auction lots across 38 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,300, with the most recent sale at £1,600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £600 (low) to £2,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old is £1,354–£1,846 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old is up 6.7%, with a 6-month trend of -33.3% (down). 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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cairdeas, 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
30 years
Edition
Cairdeas
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£1,600

24-month median

£1,300

24-month high

£2,400

24-month low

£600

Estimated value · likely range

£1,354–£1,846 ±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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

33.3%vs 6 months ago
6.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£582£1,527£2,472Nov 13May 16Jun 17Feb 20Mar 22Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£1,6001
December 2025£1,6002
November 2025£1,8504
February 2025£2,3002
September 2023£1,9002
May 2023£2,1002
August 2022£2,4002
March 2022£2,2002
April 2021£1,5002
January 2021£1,5002
September 2020£1,4002
August 2020£1,4504

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old at auction?

Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 13% 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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old at auction is £1,600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,300, with a high of £2,400 and a low of £600. 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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old is up 6.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 33.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old?

Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old 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 £1,300 (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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Laphroaig Cairdeas 30 Year Old has moved up 6.7%, with a current median hammer price of £1,300. The bottle has been observed at auction across 87 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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old?

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 £1,600, 24-month median £1,300 — 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 Cairdeas 30 Year Old that hammers at £1,600 would cost the buyer approximately £2,016 all-in including buyer's premium.

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