Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release, bottled in 2016. Based on 122 recorded auction lots across 55 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £95 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is £229–£491 (±37% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is down 14.3%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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.
Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is a whisky distillery. Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2016.
Midleton Very Rare 2016 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 2016 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
£360
24-month median
£250
24-month high
£420
24-month low
£95
Estimated value · likely range
£229–£491 ±37%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £360 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £260 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £260 | 1 |
| November 2024 | £420 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £290 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £360 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £420 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £360 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £370 | 2 |
| May 2023 | £420 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £400 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £380 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £420 and a low of £95. 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.
Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release is down 14.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Midleton Very Rare 2016 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 £250 (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 Midleton Very Rare 2016 Release has moved down 14.3%, with a current median hammer price of £250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 122 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 £360, 24-month median £250 — 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 2016 Release that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.
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