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The Cheshire First Release English Whisky

£35

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 14 lots a year

Auction lots

14

Houses

1

Last sold

12 days ago

The Cheshire First Release English Whisky is a collectable Scotch whisky from Cheshire First. Based on 14 recorded auction lots across 7 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £35. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £58 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Cheshire First Release English Whisky is £29–£41 18% around the latest sale).

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About Cheshire First

Cheshire First is a whisky distillery. The Cheshire First Release English Whisky is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Cheshire First Release English Whisky 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 Cheshire First 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Cheshire First
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£35

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£58

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£29–£41 ±18%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

14 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

12 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£47£59Sept 25Oct 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£352
July 2026£451
June 2026£351
March 2026£502
November 2025£584
October 2025£352
September 2025£352

Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Cheshire First Release English Whisky at auction?

The Cheshire First Release English Whisky appeared in 14 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That puts it in the top 5% by auction activity among the 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of The Cheshire First Release English Whisky?

The latest hammer price for The Cheshire First Release English Whisky at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £58 and a low of £35. 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 The Cheshire First Release English Whisky changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for The Cheshire First Release English Whisky, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £35 to £58 (median £35).

Where can I sell The Cheshire First Release English Whisky?

The Cheshire First Release English Whisky 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 £35 (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 The Cheshire First Release English Whisky a good investment?

The Cheshire First Release English Whisky has appeared in 14 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £35. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of The Cheshire First Release English Whisky?

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 £35, 24-month median £35 — 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 The Cheshire First Release English Whisky that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.

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