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Investing in Blanton’s

19 Blanton’s expressions tracked across 254+ auction observations.

12-mo avg return

-4.4%

Median return

-2.6%

Volatility (±)

12.6%

Verdict

Soft market — selective buys only

Top performers (12 months)

Blanton’s bottles with the largest year-over-year median price gains.

BottleCurrent median12mo agoChange
Blanton’s Single Barrel Special Reserve£100£100+9.1%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon 75cl£100£100+9.1%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon River Edition 2023 For La Maison Du Whisky£400£400+5.3%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Collection Foundations 2024 For La Maison Du Whisky£300£300-2.6%
Blanton’s Single Barrel 2022 Edition For La Maison Du Whisky£300£350-7.9%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Japanese Edition 75cl£100£100-19.1%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Mini 5cl£0£50-25.0%

Blue-chip Blanton’s

Highest median auction price — the established collectables.

Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon River Edition 2023 For La Maison Du Whisky

£400

10 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel 2025 Edition For La Maison Du Whisky

£320

12 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel 2022 Edition For La Maison Du Whisky

£320

11 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Collection Foundations 2024 For La Maison Du Whisky

£300

27 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel 2024 Edition For La Maison Du Whisky

£283

8 observations

Entry-level (under £150)

Affordable Blanton’s expressions for first-time collectors — at least 3 auction observations to confirm market liquidity.

Blanton’s Single Barrel Mini 5cl

£20

5 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Japanese Edition 75cl

£95

106 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel Special Reserve

£120

19 observations

Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon 75cl

£120

39 observations

Cooled off (12 months)

Blanton’s bottles that have softened — either fair-value entry points or bottles to avoid, depending on your thesis.

Blanton’s Single Barrel Mini 5cl£0-25.0%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Japanese Edition 75cl£100-19.1%
Blanton’s Single Barrel 2022 Edition For La Maison Du Whisky£300-7.9%
Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon Collection Foundations 2024 For La Maison Du Whisky£300-2.6%

How wsky1 thinks about whisky investment

Past auction prices are the most defensible signal of a bottle's collectable value — but they are not a forecast. The data below comes from 254+ hammered lots across six major auction houses; none of it is curated or pay-for-placement.

Three rules-of-thumb a working collector should keep in mind:

  • Liquidity matters. A bottle that trades once a year cannot be priced reliably. Filter for ≥3 observations before you trust any "median" number.
  • Premium swings. Major auction houses charge 24–28% buyer's premium on top of hammer. Net return after both buy- and sell-side premium is roughly hammer × 0.78 ÷ paid × 1.26.
  • Concentrated risk. One bottle is a story; a 6-bottle portfolio across two or three distilleries is an asset class.

For a deeper view, the full Blanton’s catalog with live prices lists every tracked expression with its full price history chart.

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