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Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009

£210

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

10

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 17 years. Based on 10 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £360, with the most recent sale at £210. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £210 (low) to £460 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 is £183–£237 13% around the latest sale).

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About Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old, distilled in 2009.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2009), so the available batch is inherently finite.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as caskfirstmadeira, 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
17 years
Vintage
2009
Edition
Madeira Cask First
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£210

24-month median

£360

24-month high

£460

24-month low

£210

Estimated value · likely range

£183–£237 ±13%

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

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

34.4%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£204£339£474Apr 22Jan 26Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£2101
March 2026£3702
February 2026£4282
January 2026£4601
October 2022£3501
July 2022£4001
June 2022£3201
April 2022£3001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 at auction?

Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 appeared in 6 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 14% 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 - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 at auction is £210. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £360, with a high of £460 and a low of £210. 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 - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £210 to £460 (median £360).

Where can I sell Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009?

Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 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 £360 (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 - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 a good investment?

Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 has appeared in 10 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £360. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Balvenie - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009?

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 £210, 24-month median £360 — 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 - 17 Year Old (Madeira Cask) First Edition Release 2009 that hammers at £210 would cost the buyer approximately £265 all-in including buyer's premium.

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