Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release, bottled in 2018. Based on 70 recorded auction lots across 38 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £255, with the most recent sale at £340. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £113 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release is £238–£443 (±30% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release is up 13.3%, with a 6-month trend of +6.3% (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.
Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release is a whisky distillery. Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2018.
Midleton Very Rare 2018 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 2018 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
£340
24-month median
£255
24-month high
£400
24-month low
£113
Estimated value · likely range
£238–£443 ±30%
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 | £340 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £280 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £260 | 2 |
| November 2024 | £350 | 2 |
| October 2024 | £400 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £400 | 1 |
| September 2023 | £320 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £340 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £320 | 2 |
| June 2023 | £320 | 1 |
| January 2023 | £290 | 1 |
| December 2022 | £260 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Midleton Very Rare 2018 Release at auction is £340. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £255, with a high of £400 and a low of £113. 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 2018 Release is up 13.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 6.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Midleton Very Rare 2018 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 £255 (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 2018 Release has moved up 13.3%, with a current median hammer price of £255. The bottle has been observed at auction across 70 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 £340, 24-month median £255 — 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 2018 Release that hammers at £340 would cost the buyer approximately £428 all-in including buyer's premium.
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