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Filey Bay 2nd Release

£35
12.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

24

Houses

1

Last sold

145 days ago

Filey Bay 2nd Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Filey Bay. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £45, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Filey Bay 2nd Release is £27–£43 22% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Filey Bay 2nd Release is down 12.5%, with a 6-month trend of -12.5% (down). 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.

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About Filey Bay

Filey Bay is a whisky distillery. Filey Bay 2nd Release is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Filey Bay 2nd 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 Filey Bay 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Filey Bay
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£45

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£27–£43 ±22%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

145 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

12.5%vs 6 months ago
12.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£99£165Feb 21Nov 22Jul 23Apr 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£352
February 2026£351
April 2025£501
November 2024£351
December 2023£351
July 2023£401
May 2023£401
April 2023£851
November 2022£451
July 2022£551
April 2022£402
December 2021£352

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Filey Bay 2nd Release at auction?

Filey Bay 2nd Release appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 28% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Filey Bay 2nd Release?

The latest hammer price for Filey Bay 2nd Release at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £45, with a high of £160 and a low of £35. 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.

How much has Filey Bay 2nd Release changed in value over the past year?

Filey Bay 2nd Release is down 12.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 12.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Filey Bay 2nd Release?

Filey Bay 2nd 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 £45 (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%.

Is Filey Bay 2nd Release a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Filey Bay 2nd Release has moved down 12.5%, with a current median hammer price of £45. The bottle has been observed at auction across 24 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Filey Bay 2nd Release?

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 £35, 24-month median £45 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include 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 Filey Bay 2nd Release that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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