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Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak

£420
44%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Scarce at auction· 8 lots a year

Auction lots

146

Houses

1

Last sold

117 days ago

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 17 years. Based on 146 recorded auction lots across 56 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £410, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £85 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak is £304–£536 28% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak is down 44%, with a 6-month trend of -40% (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 17 Year Old Sherry Oak is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as oaksherry, 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
Edition
Sherry Oak
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£420

24-month median

£410

24-month high

£1,150

24-month low

£85

Estimated value · likely range

£304–£536 ±28%

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

8 lots

Cadence

≈ every 46 days

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 11% of tracked bottles

Last seen

117 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

40%vs 6 months ago
44%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£82£633£1,185Sept 12Dec 16Apr 18Jul 19Apr 21Aug 23Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£4201
April 2026£5001
March 2026£5602
January 2026£7002
September 2025£5802
March 2025£7502
September 2024£7004
May 2024£6502
December 2023£5802
November 2023£6754
August 2023£8002
May 2023£1,1502

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak at auction?

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak appeared in 8 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 33% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 11% 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 17 Year Old Sherry Oak?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £410, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £85. 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 Sherry Oak changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak is down 44% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 40%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak?

Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak 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 £410 (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 Sherry Oak a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 17 Year Old Sherry Oak has moved down 44%, with a current median hammer price of £410. The bottle has been observed at auction across 146 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 17 Year Old Sherry Oak?

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 £420, 24-month median £410 — 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 Sherry Oak that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.

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