Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig. Based on 50 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £775, with the most recent sale at £750. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £650 (low) to £1,180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive is £613–£887 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive is down 25%, with a 6-month trend of +7.1% (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.
Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 003) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
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
£750
24-month median
£775
24-month high
£1,180
24-month low
£650
Estimated value · likely range
£613–£887 ±18%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £750 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £675 | 4 |
| November 2025 | £750 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £900 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £650 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £800 | 2 |
| November 2023 | £717 | 3 |
| September 2023 | £775 | 2 |
| August 2023 | £767 | 3 |
| July 2023 | £983 | 3 |
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The latest hammer price for Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive at auction is £750. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £775, with a high of £1,180 and a low of £650. 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.
Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive is down 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 7.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive 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 £775 (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 Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive has moved down 25%, with a current median hammer price of £775. The bottle has been observed at auction across 50 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 £750, 24-month median £775 — 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 Laphroaig 1996 Single Cask #003 Distillery Exclusive that hammers at £750 would cost the buyer approximately £945 all-in including buyer's premium.
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