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The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton

£150

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £320 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton is £136–£164 10% around the latest sale).

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About Lakes

Lakes is a whisky distillery. The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton 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

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Latest sale

£150

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£320

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£136–£164 ±10%

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

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

33 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£150

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions19£150£150
Whisky Hammer1£130£130
0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£223£330Jun 23Mar 24Oct 24Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1501
July 2026£1301
May 2026£1201
March 2026£1202
January 2026£1502
November 2025£1302
October 2025£1502
October 2024£1602
March 2024£3202
August 2023£2502
June 2023£3002

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton at auction?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton appeared in 12 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% 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 Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton?

The latest hammer price for The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton at auction is £150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £320 and a low of £120. 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 Private Reserve For Gary Thornton changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £120 to £320 (median £150).

Where can I sell The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton 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 £150 (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 Private Reserve For Gary Thornton a good investment?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton has appeared in 19 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £150. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For Gary Thornton?

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 £150, 24-month median £150 — 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 Private Reserve For Gary Thornton that hammers at £150 would cost the buyer approximately £189 all-in including buyer's premium.

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