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West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release

£360

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from West Midlands. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £220, with the most recent sale at £360. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £360 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release is £216–£504 40% around the latest sale).

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About West Midlands

West Midlands is a whisky distillery. West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release 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 West Midlands 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
West Midlands
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£360

24-month median

£220

24-month high

£360

24-month low

£140

Estimated value · likely range

£216–£504 ±40%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

271 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£136£253£371Aug 25Oct 25Dec 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£3602
October 2025£2202
August 2025£1402

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release at auction?

West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release appeared in 4 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 22% 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 West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release?

The latest hammer price for West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release at auction is £360. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £220, with a high of £360 and a low of £140. 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 West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £140 to £360 (median £220).

Where can I sell West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release?

West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release 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 £220 (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 West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release a good investment?

West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £220. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release?

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 £360, 24-month median £220 — 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 West Midlands Distillery The Matriarch Inaugural Release that hammers at £360 would cost the buyer approximately £454 all-in including buyer's premium.

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