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Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle

£170

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

3

Houses

1

Last sold

180 days ago

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 10 years. Based on 3 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £170. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £200 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle is £155–£185 9% around the latest sale).

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About Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle is an age-stated bottling at 10 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cognacfounderreserve, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

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
Balvenie
Age
10 years
Edition
Founder Reserve Cognac
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£170

24-month median

£170

24-month high

£200

24-month low

£170

Estimated value · likely range

£155–£185 ±9%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

180 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£165£185£206Nov 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£1701
February 2026£1701
November 2024£2001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle at auction?

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle appeared in 2 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 39% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle at auction is £170. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £200 and a low of £170. 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 Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £170 to £200 (median £170).

Where can I sell Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle?

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 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 £170 (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 Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle a good investment?

Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle has appeared in 3 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £170. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle?

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 £170, 24-month median £170 — 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 Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle that hammers at £170 would cost the buyer approximately £214 all-in including buyer's premium.

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