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Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release

£70

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 10 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

2

Last sold

2 days ago

Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Royal Lochnagar aged 16 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £115, with the most recent sale at £70. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £70 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release is £61–£79 13% around the latest sale).

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About Royal Lochnagar

Royal Lochnagar is a whisky distillery. Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release is an age-stated bottling at 16 years old, distilled in 2021.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2021), 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
Royal Lochnagar
Age
16 years
Vintage
2021
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£70

24-month median

£115

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£70

Estimated value · likely range

£61–£79 ±13%

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

10 lots

Cadence

≈ every 37 days

Trend

43% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 8% of tracked bottles

Last seen

2 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£99

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions14£95£95
Whisky Hammer10£70£115
28.6%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£68£111£155Jan 22Mar 23Aug 24Aug 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£701
June 2026£751
February 2026£1201
September 2025£1101
August 2025£1001
August 2024£1501
March 2023£981
June 2022£1401
February 2022£1301
January 2022£1201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release at auction?

Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release appeared in 10 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 43% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 8% 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 Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release?

The latest hammer price for Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release at auction is £70. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £115, with a high of £150 and a low of £70. 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 Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £70 to £150 (median £115).

Where can I sell Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release?

Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release 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 £115 (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 Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release a good investment?

Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £115. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release?

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 £70, 24-month median £115 — 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 Royal Lochnagar 16 Year Old 2021 Special Release that hammers at £70 would cost the buyer approximately £88 all-in including buyer's premium.

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