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Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks)

£33

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 3 lots a year

Auction lots

6

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ballantine's. Based on 6 recorded auction lots across 6 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £42, with the most recent sale at £33. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £33 (low) to £47 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) is £30–£35 8% around the latest sale).

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About Ballantine's

Ballantine's is a whisky distillery. Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask s) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Expression
Limited (Reserve Casks)
Cask number
s
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£33

24-month median

£42

24-month high

£47

24-month low

£33

Estimated value · likely range

£30–£35 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

3 lots

Cadence

≈ every 122 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 28% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£32£40£48Jul 21Dec 21Mar 24Oct 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£331
May 2026£401
October 2025£471
March 2024£421
December 2021£471
July 2021£421

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) at auction?

Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) appeared in 3 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 28% 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 Limited (Reserve Casks)?

The latest hammer price for Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) at auction is £33. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £42, with a high of £47 and a low of £33. 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 Limited (Reserve Casks) changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £33 to £47 (median £42).

Where can I sell Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks)?

Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) 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 £42 (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 Limited (Reserve Casks) a good investment?

Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks) has appeared in 6 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £42. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ballantine's Limited (Reserve Casks)?

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 £33, 24-month median £42 — 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 Limited (Reserve Casks) that hammers at £33 would cost the buyer approximately £41 all-in including buyer's premium.

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