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Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4

£60
25%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 7 lots a year

Auction lots

17

Houses

2

Last sold

40 days ago

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 12 years. Based on 17 recorded auction lots across 17 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £80, with the most recent sale at £60. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £60 (low) to £210 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 is £48–£72 20% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 is down 25%, with a 6-month trend of -11.8% (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 Signature Batch #4 is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as seq4signature, 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

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Latest sale

£60

24-month median

£80

24-month high

£210

24-month low

£60

Estimated value · likely range

£48–£72 ±20%

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

7 lots

Cadence

≈ every 52 days

Trend

0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£80

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 Auctions42£75£79
Whisky Hammer17£60£80
11.8%vs 6 months ago
25%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£58£137£216Sept 21Mar 23Sept 24Jul 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£601
June 2026£901
February 2026£1401
December 2025£1101
November 2025£651
September 2025£851
July 2025£681
June 2025£751
September 2024£701
November 2023£1101
March 2023£2101
October 2022£1301

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 at auction?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 appeared in 7 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is up 0% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 13% 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 Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 at auction is £60. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £80, with a high of £210 and a low of £60. 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 #4 changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 is down 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 11.8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4?

Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 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 £80 (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 #4 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 12 Year Old Signature Batch #4 has moved down 25%, with a current median hammer price of £80. The bottle has been observed at auction across 17 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 #4?

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 £60, 24-month median £80 — 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 #4 that hammers at £60 would cost the buyer approximately £76 all-in including buyer's premium.

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