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Balblair 12 Year Old

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Balblair 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balblair aged 12 years. Based on 47 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £35, with the most recent sale at £30. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £30 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balblair 12 Year Old is £28–£32 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balblair 12 Year Old is down 25%, with a 6-month trend of -14.3% (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 Balblair

Balblair is a whisky distillery. Balblair 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Balblair 12 Year Old 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 Balblair 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
Balblair
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£30

24-month median

£35

24-month high

£40

24-month low

£30

Estimated value · likely range

£28–£32 ±8%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£35

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 Auctions41£30£35
Whisky Hammer15£35£35
14.3%vs 6 months ago
25%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£301
January 2026£352
November 2025£352
October 2025£352
July 2025£302
November 2024£304
May 2024£352
January 2024£334
November 2023£402
September 2023£352
May 2023£304
April 2023£352

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Balblair 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Balblair 12 Year Old at auction is £30. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £35, with a high of £40 and a low of £30. 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 Balblair 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Balblair 12 Year Old is down 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.3%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balblair 12 Year Old?

Balblair 12 Year Old 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 £35 (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 Balblair 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balblair 12 Year Old has moved down 25%, with a current median hammer price of £35. The bottle has been observed at auction across 47 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 Balblair 12 Year Old?

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 £30, 24-month median £35 — 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 Balblair 12 Year Old that hammers at £30 would cost the buyer approximately £38 all-in including buyer's premium.

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