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Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice

£230

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

44 days ago

Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Royal Lochnagar. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £245, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £173 (low) to £290 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice is £202–£258 (±12% around the latest sale).

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About Royal Lochnagar

Royal Lochnagar is a whisky distillery. Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1994.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1994), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice, 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
Royal Lochnagar
Expression
1994 Managers' Choice
Vintage
1994
Edition
Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£245

24-month high

£290

24-month low

£173

Estimated value · likely range

£202–£258 ±12%

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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 92% of tracked bottles

Last seen

44 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£167£233£299Mar 17Aug 18Aug 19Oct 20Sept 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
September 2026£2301
October 2020£2901
August 2019£2003
September 2018£2701
August 2018£2601
March 2017£1732

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice at auction?

Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 92% 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 1994 Managers' Choice?

The latest hammer price for Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £245, with a high of £290 and a low of £173. 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 1994 Managers' Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £173 to £290 (median £245).

Where can I sell Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice?

Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice 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 £245 (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 1994 Managers' Choice a good investment?

Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £245. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Royal Lochnagar 1994 Managers' Choice?

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 £230, 24-month median £245 — 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 1994 Managers' Choice that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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