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Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release

£50

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

82 days ago

Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kingsbarns. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £53, with the most recent sale at £50. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £80 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release is £39–£61 21% around the latest sale).

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About Kingsbarns

Kingsbarns is a whisky distillery. Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2015.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2015), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Kingsbarns
Expression
2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release
Vintage
2015
Edition
Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£50

24-month median

£53

24-month high

£80

24-month low

£45

Estimated value · likely range

£39–£61 ±21%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

71% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

82 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£44£63£82Dec 24Feb 25May 25Jul 25Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£502
August 2025£451
July 2025£501
May 2025£801
February 2025£783
December 2024£551

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release at auction?

Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release appeared in 2 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 71% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release?

The latest hammer price for Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release at auction is £50. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £53, with a high of £80 and a low of £45. 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 Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £45 to £80 (median £53).

Where can I sell Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release?

Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural 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 £53 (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 Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release a good investment?

Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £53. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural 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 £50, 24-month median £53 — 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 Kingsbarns 2015 Founders’ Reserve Inaugural Release that hammers at £50 would cost the buyer approximately £63 all-in including buyer's premium.

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