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The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club

£160
42.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

30

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 30 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £235, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £470 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club is £123–£197 23% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club is down 42.9%, with a 6-month trend of -27.3% (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.

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About Lakes

Lakes is a whisky distillery. The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club 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

£160

24-month median

£235

24-month high

£470

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£123–£197 ±23%

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

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 9% 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

£240

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 Auctions26£160£240
Whisky Hammer1£140£140
27.3%vs 6 months ago
42.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£300£484Mar 23Jul 23Oct 23Mar 24Jul 24Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1601
May 2026£1301
March 2026£1202
November 2025£1402
October 2025£1602
July 2024£2302
April 2024£2202
March 2024£2702
February 2024£3202
October 2023£2604
August 2023£2402
July 2023£2502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club at auction?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club appeared in 9 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 9% 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 SE23 Whisky Club?

The latest hammer price for The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club at auction is £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £235, with a high of £470 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 SE23 Whisky Club changed in value over the past year?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club is down 42.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 27.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club?

The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club 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 £235 (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 SE23 Whisky Club a good investment?

Over the past 12 months The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club has moved down 42.9%, with a current median hammer price of £235. The bottle has been observed at auction across 30 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of The Lakes Distillery Private Reserve For SE23 Whisky Club?

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 £160, 24-month median £235 — 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 SE23 Whisky Club that hammers at £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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