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The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence)

£180

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

2

Last sold

201 days ago

The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Lakes. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £275, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £560 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) is £154–£206 15% around the latest sale).

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About Lakes

Lakes is a whisky distillery. The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) 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

£180

24-month median

£275

24-month high

£560

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£154–£206 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Trend

40% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

201 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions

Cross-house median

£245

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 Hammer10£180£275
Scotch Whisky Auctions2£220£215
41.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£376£577Oct 23Jan 24Jun 24Sept 24Jun 25Nov 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£1801
November 2025£2301
August 2025£2901
July 2025£2301
June 2025£2201
September 2024£2601
June 2024£3101
February 2024£3801
January 2024£3101
October 2023£5601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) at auction?

The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) appeared in 3 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 40% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 28% 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 - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence)?

The latest hammer price for The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £275, with a high of £560 and a low of £180. 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 - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £180 to £560 (median £275).

Where can I sell The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence)?

The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) 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 £275 (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 - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) a good investment?

The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £275. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of The Lakes - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence)?

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 £180, 24-month median £275 — 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 - The Whiskymaker's Editions (Decadence) that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.

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