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Balblair2000 release70cl

Balblair 2000 1st Release

£55

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

24

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

Balblair 2000 1st Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balblair, bottled in 2000. Based on 24 recorded auction lots across 12 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £60, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £30 (low) to £180 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balblair 2000 1st Release is £48–£62 14% around the latest sale).

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About Balblair

Balblair is a whisky distillery. Balblair 2000 1st Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2000.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 1st, 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
Bottled
2000
Edition
1st
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£55

24-month median

£60

24-month high

£180

24-month low

£30

Estimated value · likely range

£48–£62 ±14%

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.

8.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£29£107£185Jul 13Apr 17Aug 18Mar 22Mar 24Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£552
September 2025£702
April 2024£602
March 2024£502
January 2023£652
March 2022£1802
June 2021£602
August 2018£502
May 2017£452
April 2017£652
June 2016£702
July 2013£302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balblair 2000 1st Release at auction?

Balblair 2000 1st 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 29,926 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Balblair 2000 1st Release?

The latest hammer price for Balblair 2000 1st Release at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £60, with a high of £180 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 2000 1st Release changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balblair 2000 1st Release, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £30 to £180 (median £60).

Where can I sell Balblair 2000 1st Release?

Balblair 2000 1st 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 £60 (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 2000 1st Release a good investment?

Balblair 2000 1st Release has appeared in 24 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £60. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Balblair 2000 1st 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 £55, 24-month median £60 — 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 2000 1st Release that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.

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