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Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl

£190
36.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

44

Houses

2

Last sold

31 days ago

Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ballantine's aged 30 years. Based on 44 recorded auction lots across 35 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £160, with the most recent sale at £190. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £300 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl is £151–£229 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl is down 36.7%, with a 6-month trend of +35.7% (up). 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.

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About Ballantine's

Ballantine's is a whisky distillery. Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Ballantine's
Age
30 years
Bottle size
750ml

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Latest sale

£190

24-month median

£160

24-month high

£300

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£151–£229 ±20%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

31 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£160

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions37£190£160
Whisky Hammer1£140£140
35.7%vs 6 months ago
36.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£196£309May 13Nov 14Sept 16Sept 17Jan 20May 23Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£1901
October 2025£1952
September 2025£1901
October 2024£1601
May 2023£1301
May 2022£1501
April 2022£1401
June 2020£2552
February 2020£2101
January 2020£1701
July 2019£2501
March 2019£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl at auction?

Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl at auction is £190. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £160, with a high of £300 and a low of £85. 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 Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl changed in value over the past year?

Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl is down 36.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 35.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl?

Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl 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 £160 (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 Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl has moved down 36.7%, with a current median hammer price of £160. The bottle has been observed at auction across 44 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.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl?

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 £190, 24-month median £160 — 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 Ballantine's 30 Year Old 75cl that hammers at £190 would cost the buyer approximately £239 all-in including buyer's premium.

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