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The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty

£85
2.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Regularly traded· 26 lots a year

Auction lots

39

Houses

2

Last sold

33 days ago

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 39 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £85. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £50 (low) to £95 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty is £72–£98 15% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty is down 2.9%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (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.

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About Lakes

Lakes is a whisky distillery. The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty 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

£85

24-month median

£80

24-month high

£95

24-month low

£50

Estimated value · likely range

£72–£98 ±15%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

26 lots

Cadence

≈ 2 per month

Trend

7% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 2% of tracked bottles

Last seen

33 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions

Cross-house median

£80

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
Whisky Hammer33£55£80
Scotch Whisky Auctions25£85£80
0%vs 6 months ago
2.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£49£73£98Oct 24Dec 24Mar 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£851
July 2026£524
April 2026£504
February 2026£584
January 2026£602
November 2025£602
October 2025£852
April 2025£802
March 2025£754
January 2025£852
December 2024£926
November 2024£952

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty at auction?

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty appeared in 26 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is down 7% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 2% 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 The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty?

The latest hammer price for The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty at auction is £85. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £95 and a low of £50. 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 The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty changed in value over the past year?

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty is down 2.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty?

The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty 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 £80 (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 The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty a good investment?

Over the past 12 months The Lakes Distillery The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty has moved down 2.9%, with a current median hammer price of £80. The bottle has been observed at auction across 39 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 The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty?

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 £85, 24-month median £80 — 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 The Whiskymaker’s Editions Liberty that hammers at £85 would cost the buyer approximately £107 all-in including buyer's premium.

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