SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection is a collectable Scotch whisky from Laphroaig aged 23 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £440, with the most recent sale at £440. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £360 (low) to £800 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection is £390–£490 (±11% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection is down 12%, with a 6-month trend of +22.2% (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. SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1998.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1998), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Single cask
A single-cask bottling (cask 29x286) 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
£440
24-month median
£440
24-month high
£800
24-month low
£360
Estimated value · likely range
£390–£490 ±11%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £440 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £420 | 1 |
| January 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £400 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £380 | 1 |
| September 2024 | £440 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £360 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £440 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £460 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £407 | 3 |
| April 2023 | £440 | 2 |
| March 2023 | £800 | 1 |
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The latest hammer price for SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection at auction is £440. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £440, with a high of £800 and a low of £360. 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.
SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection is down 12% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 22.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection 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 £440 (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 SMWS 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection has moved down 12%, with a current median hammer price of £440. The bottle has been observed at auction across 23 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 £440, 24-month median £440 — 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 29.286 Laphroaig 1998 23 Year Old Vaults Collection that hammers at £440 would cost the buyer approximately £554 all-in including buyer's premium.
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