SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 20 years. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £220. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £105 (low) to £220 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old is £194–£246 (±12% around the latest sale).
Laphroaig is a whisky distillery. SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1996.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1996), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 29x228) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.
Independent bottling
An independent bottling by smws, typically produced in far smaller numbers than an official distillery release.
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
£220
24-month median
£210
24-month high
£220
24-month low
£105
Estimated value · likely range
£194–£246 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £220 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £210 | 1 |
| July 2022 | £220 | 1 |
| March 2021 | £210 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £200 | 1 |
| February 2018 | £130 | 2 |
| November 2017 | £105 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old at auction is £220. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £220 and a low of £105. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £105 to £220 (median £210).
SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old 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 £210 (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%.
SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £210. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £220, 24-month median £210 — 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 SMWS 29.228 Laphroaig 1996 20 Year Old that hammers at £220 would cost the buyer approximately £277 all-in including buyer's premium.
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