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Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland

£260
13.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

53

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lochside. Based on 53 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £270, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £230 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland is £239–£281 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland is down 13.3%, with a 6-month trend of +4% (up). 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 Lochside

Lochside is a whisky distillery. Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), 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
Lochside
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£270

24-month high

£340

24-month low

£230

Estimated value · likely range

£239–£281 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

64% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

4%vs 6 months ago
13.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£223£287£350Nov 23Mar 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2601
December 2025£2702
September 2025£3202
August 2025£2602
June 2025£2554
April 2025£2306
March 2025£2502
July 2024£2902
June 2024£3002
May 2024£2706
April 2024£26014
March 2024£3304

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland at auction?

Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 64% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland?

The latest hammer price for Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £270, with a high of £340 and a low of £230. 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 Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland changed in value over the past year?

Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland is down 13.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland?

Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland 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 £270 (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 Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland has moved down 13.3%, with a current median hammer price of £270. The bottle has been observed at auction across 53 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 Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland?

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 £260, 24-month median £270 — 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 Lochside 1981 Lombard Jewels Of Scotland that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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