Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release, bottled in 2003. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £645, with the most recent sale at £850. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £260 (low) to £1,100 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release is £510–£1,190 (±40% around the latest sale).
Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release is a whisky distillery. Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2003.
Midleton Very Rare 2003 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 2003 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
£850
24-month median
£645
24-month high
£1,100
24-month low
£260
Estimated value · likely range
£510–£1,190 ±40%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £850 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £850 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £1,100 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £1,100 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £440 | 1 |
| December 2018 | £360 | 1 |
| September 2016 | £260 | 1 |
| March 2016 | £285 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Midleton Very Rare 2003 Release at auction is £850. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £645, with a high of £1,100 and a low of £260. 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 2003 Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £260 to £1,100 (median £645).
Midleton Very Rare 2003 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 £645 (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 2003 Release has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £645. 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 £850, 24-month median £645 — 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 2003 Release that hammers at £850 would cost the buyer approximately £1,071 all-in including buyer's premium.
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