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Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B

£130

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

9

Houses

1

Last sold

216 days ago

Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B is a collectable Scotch whisky from Ballechin aged 17 years. Based on 9 recorded auction lots across 9 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £110, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £90 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B is £112–£148 14% around the latest sale).

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About Ballechin

Ballechin is a whisky distillery. Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2004.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2004), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Ballechin
Age
17 years
Vintage
2004
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£110

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£90

Estimated value · likely range

£112–£148 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

1 lot

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 97% of tracked bottles

Last seen

216 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

0%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£87£121£155Jan 22May 22Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
February 2026£1301
June 2023£901
April 2023£1101
February 2023£901
January 2023£1001
November 2022£1101
August 2022£1301
May 2022£1501
January 2022£1101

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B at auction?

Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B appeared in 1 auction lot over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market). That puts it in the top 97% by auction activity among the 30,758 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B?

The latest hammer price for Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £110, with a high of £150 and a low of £90. 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 Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £90 to £150 (median £110).

Where can I sell Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B?

Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B 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 £110 (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 Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B a good investment?

Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B has appeared in 9 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £110. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B?

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 £130, 24-month median £110 — 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 Ballechin 2004 17 Year Old Whisky Sponge Edition No.36B that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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