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The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis

£45

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

236 days ago

The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £56, with the most recent sale at £45. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £45 (low) to £68 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis is £36–£54 20% around the latest sale).

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About Lakes

Lakes is a whisky distillery. The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis 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 Lakes 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
Lakes
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£45

24-month median

£56

24-month high

£68

24-month low

£45

Estimated value · likely range

£36–£54 ±20%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

236 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£44£57£70Dec 25Jan 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
January 2026£452
December 2025£684

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis at auction?

The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 14% 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 The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis?

The latest hammer price for The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis at auction is £45. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £56, with a high of £68 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 The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £45 to £68 (median £56).

Where can I sell The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis?

The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis 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 £56 (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 Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis a good investment?

The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £56. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of The Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis?

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 £45, 24-month median £56 — 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 Lakes Distillery Founders’ Club Third Release With Matching Minis that hammers at £45 would cost the buyer approximately £57 all-in including buyer's premium.

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