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Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2

£130
36.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Hardly ever seen· 1 lots a year

Auction lots

25

Houses

1

Last sold

299 days ago

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 12 years. Based on 25 recorded auction lots across 20 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £128, with the most recent sale at £130. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 is £109–£151 16% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 is up 36.8%, with a 6-month trend of +18.2% (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 Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq2signature, 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
12 years
Edition
Signature
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£130

24-month median

£128

24-month high

£260

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£109–£151 ±16%

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 98% of tracked bottles

Last seen

299 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

18.2%vs 6 months ago
36.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£173£268Nov 16Aug 18Feb 20Jul 21Apr 23Dec 23Nov 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1301
December 2023£1152
August 2023£1301
May 2023£1201
April 2023£1001
November 2022£1401
November 2021£1101
July 2021£1452
April 2021£2601
June 2020£1473
February 2020£1301
August 2019£1052

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 at auction?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 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 98% 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 Signature Batch #2?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 at auction is £130. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £128, with a high of £260 and a low of £80. 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 Signature Batch #2 changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 is up 36.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 18.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 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 £128 (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 Signature Batch #2 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #2 has moved up 36.8%, with a current median hammer price of £128. The bottle has been observed at auction across 25 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 Signature Batch #2?

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 £128 — 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 Signature Batch #2 that hammers at £130 would cost the buyer approximately £164 all-in including buyer's premium.

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