Balblair 1989 3rd Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balblair, bottled in 1989. Based on 22 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £100, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £78 (low) to £250 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balblair 1989 3rd Release is £98–£163 (±25% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balblair 1989 3rd Release is up 66%, with a 6-month trend of -43.5% (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.
Balblair is a whisky distillery. Balblair 1989 3rd Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1989.
Named / limited release
Released as 3rd, 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.
Latest sale
£130
24-month median
£100
24-month high
£250
24-month low
£78
Estimated value · likely range
£98–£163 ±25%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £130 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £95 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £140 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £120 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £170 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £120 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £230 | 1 |
| June 2020 | £250 | 1 |
| October 2019 | £100 | 1 |
| April 2019 | £170 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £160 | 1 |
| October 2018 | £95 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balblair 1989 3rd Release at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £100, with a high of £250 and a low of £78. 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.
Balblair 1989 3rd Release is up 66% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 43.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balblair 1989 3rd 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 £100 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Balblair 1989 3rd Release has moved up 66%, with a current median hammer price of £100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 22 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.
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 £130, 24-month median £100 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 1989 3rd Release that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.
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