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Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary

£280

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

1

Last sold

16 days ago

Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary is a collectable Scotch whisky from Royal Lochnagar aged 25 years. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £295, with the most recent sale at £280. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £270 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary is £258–£302 (±8% around the latest sale).

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About Royal Lochnagar

Royal Lochnagar is a whisky distillery. Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 1981.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1981), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Considerable age

    A 25-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
Royal Lochnagar
Age
25 years
Vintage
1981
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£280

24-month median

£295

24-month high

£340

24-month low

£270

Estimated value · likely range

£258–£302 ±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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 12% of tracked bottles

Last seen

16 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 5.1%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£262£306£350Jul 21Aug 23Sept 25May 26Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£2801
May 2026£3201
December 2025£2702
November 2025£3202
September 2025£3402
August 2023£2902
July 2021£2954

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary at auction?

Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 12% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary?

The latest hammer price for Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary at auction is £280. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £295, with a high of £340 and a low of £270. 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 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £270 to £340 (median £295).

Where can I sell Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary?

Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary 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 £295 (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 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary a good investment?

Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary has appeared in 14 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £295. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Royal Lochnagar 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary?

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 £280, 24-month median £295 — 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 1981 25 Year Old Roseisle Maltings 25th Anniversary that hammers at £280 would cost the buyer approximately £353 all-in including buyer's premium.

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