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Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old

£61
21%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 16 lots a year

Auction lots

62

Houses

1

Last sold

4 days ago

Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lochlea aged 5 years. Based on 62 recorded auction lots across 18 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £86, with the most recent sale at £61. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £61 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old is £56–£66 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old is down 21%, with a 6-month trend of -15.5% (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 Lochlea

Lochlea is a whisky distillery. Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 5 years old, distilled in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2018), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Lochlea
Age
5 years
Vintage
2018
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£61

24-month median

£86

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£61

Estimated value · likely range

£56–£66 ±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

16 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

4 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

15.5%vs 6 months ago
21%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£59£107£155Mar 24Aug 24Dec 24Jun 25Nov 25Apr 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£613
July 2026£753
April 2026£652
March 2026£652
December 2025£752
November 2025£884
August 2025£734
July 2025£852
June 2025£1502
March 2025£1006
February 2025£1202
December 2024£852

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old at auction?

Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old appeared in 16 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 5% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old at auction is £61. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £86, with a high of £150 and a low of £61. 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 Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old is down 21% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 15.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old?

Lochlea 2018 5 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 £86 (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 Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old has moved down 21%, with a current median hammer price of £86. The bottle has been observed at auction across 62 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 Lochlea 2018 5 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 £61, 24-month median £86 — 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 Lochlea 2018 5 Year Old that hammers at £61 would cost the buyer approximately £77 all-in including buyer's premium.

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