Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release, bottled in 1997. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £220 (low) to £1,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release is £341–£579 (±26% around the latest sale).
Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release is a whisky distillery. Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1997.
Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release 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 Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release 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
£460
24-month median
£600
24-month high
£1,100
24-month low
£220
Estimated value · likely range
£341–£579 ±26%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £460 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £750 | 1 |
| September 2024 | £700 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £1,100 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £750 | 1 |
| July 2021 | £440 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £420 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £600 | 1 |
| March 2016 | £220 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £1,100 and a low of £220. 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 Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £220 to £1,100 (median £600).
Midleton Very Rare 1997 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 £600 (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%.
Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. 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 £460, 24-month median £600 — 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 Midleton Very Rare 1997 Release that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.
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