Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 44 recorded auction lots across 43 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £660, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £310 (low) to £1,900 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is £331–£389 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is down 59.1%, with a 6-month trend of +16.1% (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.
Lakes is a whisky distillery. Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is a no-age-statement bottling.
Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Lakes rather than by built-in rarity.
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
£360
24-month median
£660
24-month high
£1,900
24-month low
£310
Estimated value · likely range
£331–£389 ±8%
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 | £360 | 2 |
| April 2026 | £430 | 1 |
| March 2026 | £420 | 1 |
| December 2025 | £390 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £500 | 1 |
| October 2025 | £400 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £310 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £380 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £400 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £410 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £620 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £570 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £660, with a high of £1,900 and a low of £310. 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.
Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction is down 59.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 16.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction 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 £660 (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 Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction has moved down 59.1%, with a current median hammer price of £660. The bottle has been observed at auction across 44 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 £360, 24-month median £660 — 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 Lakes Whiskymaker's Reserve No.1 Whisky Auction that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.
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