Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve

Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve 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 is down 60% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 22% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

The latest hammer price for Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve at auction is £35. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £40, with a high of £65 and a low of £35. 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 Christmas Reserve, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £35 to £65 (median £40).

Ballantine’s Christmas Reserve 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 £40 (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 Christmas Reserve has appeared in 14 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £40. 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 £35, 24-month median £40 — 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 Christmas Reserve that hammers at £35 would cost the buyer approximately £44 all-in including buyer's premium.