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Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask

£87
15.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 3 auction houses

Regularly traded· 55 lots a year

Auction lots

285

Houses

3

Last sold

25 days ago

Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 15 years. Based on 285 recorded auction lots across 48 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £100, with the most recent sale at £87. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £80 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask is £80–£94 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask is down 15.4%, with a 6-month trend of +5.1% (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 15 Year Old Madeira Cask is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskmadeira, 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
15 years
Edition
Madeira Cask
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£87

24-month median

£100

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£80

Estimated value · likely range

£80–£94 ±8%

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

Regularly tradedseveral lots most weeks

Seen at auction

55 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per week

Trend

57% vs prior year

Houses

3

Activity rank

top 1% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer · whisky.auction

Cross-house median

£101

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 3 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions85£78£101
Whisky Hammer35£150£108
whisky.auction1£80£80
5.1%vs 6 months ago
15.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£78£126£175Jun 22Feb 23Oct 23Jun 24Feb 25Jan 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£874
July 2026£855
June 2026£951
May 2026£1001
April 2026£805
March 2026£801
February 2026£835
January 2026£854
December 2025£905
November 2025£8011
October 2025£938
September 2025£985

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask at auction?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask appeared in 55 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — regularly traded (several lots most weeks). That is up 57% on the previous year. It has traded at 3 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 1% 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 15 Year Old Madeira Cask?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask at auction is £87. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £100, with a high of £170 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 15 Year Old Madeira Cask changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask is down 15.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 5.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask 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 £100 (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 Madeira Cask a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 15 Year Old Madeira Cask has moved down 15.4%, with a current median hammer price of £100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 285 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 15 Year Old Madeira Cask?

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 £87, 24-month median £100 — 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 Madeira Cask that hammers at £87 would cost the buyer approximately £109 all-in including buyer's premium.

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