Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lagavulin, bottled in 2018. Based on 68 recorded auction lots across 37 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £105. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release is £95–£115 (±9% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release is up 5%, with a 6-month trend of -19.2% (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.
Lagavulin is a whisky distillery. Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2018.
Named / limited release
Released as caskonlystrength, 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.
Latest sale
£105
24-month median
£110
24-month high
£170
24-month low
£80
Estimated value · likely range
£95–£115 ±9%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £105 | 2 |
| June 2025 | £120 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £80 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £83 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £90 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £115 | 2 |
| May 2024 | £130 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £150 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £120 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £98 | 2 |
| December 2023 | £90 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £85 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release at auction is £105. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £170 and a low of £80. 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.
Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release is up 5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 19.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 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 £110 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release has moved up 5%, with a current median hammer price of £110. The bottle has been observed at auction across 68 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.
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 £105, 24-month median £110 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Lagavulin Distillery Only Cask Strength 2018 Release that hammers at £105 would cost the buyer approximately £132 all-in including buyer's premium.
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