Filey Bay First Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Filey Bay First Release. Based on 36 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £115, with the most recent sale at £200. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £65 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Filey Bay First Release is £174–£226 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Filey Bay First Release is up 25%, with a 6-month trend of +81.8% (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.
Filey Bay First Release is a whisky distillery. Filey Bay First Release is a no-age-statement bottling.
Filey Bay First 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 First 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
£200
24-month median
£115
24-month high
£200
24-month low
£65
Estimated value · likely range
£174–£226 ±13%
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 | £200 | 2 |
| March 2026 | £65 | 2 |
| August 2025 | £100 | 2 |
| April 2025 | £100 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £130 | 2 |
| January 2024 | £100 | 2 |
| August 2023 | £110 | 2 |
| June 2023 | £98 | 4 |
| May 2023 | £120 | 2 |
| September 2022 | £102 | 6 |
| August 2022 | £130 | 2 |
| June 2022 | £130 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Filey Bay First Release at auction is £200. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £115, with a high of £200 and a low of £65. 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.
Filey Bay First Release is up 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 81.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Filey Bay First 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 £115 (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 Filey Bay First Release has moved up 25%, with a current median hammer price of £115. The bottle has been observed at auction across 36 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 £200, 24-month median £115 — 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 Filey Bay First Release that hammers at £200 would cost the buyer approximately £252 all-in including buyer's premium.
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