Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition aged 21 years. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £62, with the most recent sale at £55. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £54 (low) to £90 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition is £51–£59 (±8% around the latest sale).
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Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition is a whisky distillery. Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
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.
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Latest sale
£55
24-month median
£62
24-month high
£90
24-month low
£54
Estimated value · likely range
£51–£59 ±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 at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£61
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 9 | £55 | £62 |
| Whisky Hammer | 1 | £60 | £60 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £55 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £90 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £60 | 2 |
| February 2025 | £70 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £54 | 4 |
| November 2024 | £62 | 3 |
| October 2024 | £65 | 1 |
| August 2024 | £55 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £65 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition at auction is £55. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £62, with a high of £90 and a low of £54. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £54 to £90 (median £62).
Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition 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 £62 (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%.
Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition has appeared in 15 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £62. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £62 — 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 Ballantine’s 21 Year Old Golden Zest Edition that hammers at £55 would cost the buyer approximately £69 all-in including buyer's premium.
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