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Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice

£290

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

52 days ago

Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balblair aged 20 years. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 1 month of trading data, the current median hammer price is £290, with the most recent sale at £290. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £290 (low) to £290 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice is £247–£334 15% around the latest sale).

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About Balblair

Balblair is a whisky distillery. Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice is an age-stated bottling at 20 years old, distilled in 1964.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (1964), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Age statement

    A 20-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 75cl, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Expression
1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice
Age
20 years
Vintage
1964
Edition
Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 75cl
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£290

24-month median

£290

24-month high

£290

24-month low

£290

Estimated value · likely range

£247–£334 ±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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

52 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

Only one auction sale on record so far — £290 in July 2026. We need at least two monthly data points to chart a trend, so check back after more sales.

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2903

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice at auction?

Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 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 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 Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice?

The latest hammer price for Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice at auction is £290. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £290, with a high of £290 and a low of £290. 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 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £290 to £290 (median £290).

Where can I sell Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice?

Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice 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 £290 (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 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice a good investment?

Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £290. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Balblair 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice?

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 £290, 24-month median £290 — 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 1964 20 Year Old Connoisseurs Choice that hammers at £290 would cost the buyer approximately £365 all-in including buyer's premium.

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