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Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231

£110
8.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

33

Houses

2

Last sold

173 days ago

Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 15 years. Based on 33 recorded auction lots across 14 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £123, with the most recent sale at £110. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 is £101–£119 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 is down 8.3%, with a 6-month trend of -21.4% (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 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 is an age-stated bottling at 15 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 11231) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
Cask number
11231
Edition
Sherry
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£110

24-month median

£123

24-month high

£150

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£101–£119 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

173 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£120

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 Auctions20£120£123
Whisky Hammer7£110£120
21.4%vs 6 months ago
8.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£126£155Jun 22Oct 22Jan 24Sept 24Apr 25Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£1101
February 2026£1202
September 2025£1302
April 2025£1401
October 2024£1501
September 2024£1201
June 2024£1402
January 2024£1302
April 2023£1005
December 2022£1302
November 2022£1254
October 2022£1154

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 at auction?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is up 67% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Single Sherry Barrel #11231?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 at auction is £110. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £123, with a high of £150 and a low of £100. 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 Single Sherry Barrel #11231 changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 is down 8.3% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 21.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231?

Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 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 £123 (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 Single Sherry Barrel #11231 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 15 Year Old Single Sherry Barrel #11231 has moved down 8.3%, with a current median hammer price of £123. The bottle has been observed at auction across 33 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 Single Sherry Barrel #11231?

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 £110, 24-month median £123 — 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 Single Sherry Barrel #11231 that hammers at £110 would cost the buyer approximately £139 all-in including buyer's premium.

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