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Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl

£20
33.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 9 lots a year

Auction lots

58

Houses

2

Last sold

9 days ago

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 12 years. Based on 58 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £25, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £10 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is £17–£23 17% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is down 33.3%, with a 6-month trend of -25.9% (down). 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 Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

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

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 200ml 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
Balvenie
Age
12 years
Edition
Doublewood
Bottle size
200ml

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Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£25

24-month high

£40

24-month low

£10

Estimated value · likely range

£17–£23 ±17%

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

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

9 lots

Cadence

≈ every 41 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 9% of tracked bottles

Last seen

9 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£25

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 Auctions41£20£25
Whisky Hammer6£34£30
25.9%vs 6 months ago
33.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£10£25£41Jan 17Dec 20Nov 22Sept 24Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£201
July 2026£252
June 2026£151
May 2026£273
November 2025£402
August 2025£202
June 2025£271
May 2025£321
April 2025£302
February 2025£284
December 2024£352
October 2024£254

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl at auction?

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl appeared in 9 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 50% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 9% 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £25, with a high of £40 and a low of £10. 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is down 33.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 25.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl?

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl 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 £25 (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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl has moved down 33.3%, with a current median hammer price of £25. The bottle has been observed at auction across 58 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 Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl?

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 £20, 24-month median £25 — 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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