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Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper

£470

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

102 days ago

Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 15 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £600, with the most recent sale at £470. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £470 (low) to £1,075 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper is £349–£591 26% around the latest sale).

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About Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Balvenie rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Expression
15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper Whisky Auction
Age
15 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£470

24-month median

£600

24-month high

£1,075

24-month low

£470

Estimated value · likely range

£349–£591 ±26%

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

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

102 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

19%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£456£782£1,107Nov 21Nov 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£4703
November 2025£5001
November 2022£5401
August 2022£9001
May 2022£6201
March 2022£1,0751
January 2022£5801
November 2021£8201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper at auction?

Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper appeared in 4 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 22% 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 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper at auction is £470. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £600, with a high of £1,075 and a low of £470. 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 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £470 to £1,075 (median £600).

Where can I sell Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper?

Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper 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 £600 (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 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper a good investment?

Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £600. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Balvenie 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper?

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 £470, 24-month median £600 — 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 15 Year Old (Craftsman's Reserve) No.1 The Cooper that hammers at £470 would cost the buyer approximately £592 all-in including buyer's premium.

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