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Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl

£380
▲ 40.7%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

16

Houses

2

Last sold

155 days ago

Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 18 years. Based on 16 recorded auction lots across 15 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £270, with the most recent sale at £380. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £180 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl is £327–£433 (±14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl is up 40.7%, with a 6-month trend of +40.7% (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 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl Whisky Auction is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl Whisky Auction
Age
18 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£380

24-month median

£270

24-month high

£400

24-month low

£180

Estimated value · likely range

£327–£433 ±14%

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 19% of tracked bottles

Last seen

155 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£270

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 Auctions15£380£270
Whisky Hammer7£180£190
▲ 40.7%vs 6 months ago
▲ 40.7%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£175£293£412Dec 14Jun 18Dec 22Jul 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2025£3801
February 2024£1801
December 2022£4001
October 2022£3401
September 2019£1901
July 2019£2701
June 2019£2701
March 2019£3201
December 2018£3601
October 2018£2901
June 2018£2701
November 2017£2302

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl at auction?

Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl 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 19% by auction activity among the 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl at auction is £380. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £270, with a high of £400 and a low of £180. 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 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl is up 40.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 40.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl?

Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl 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 £270 (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 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl has moved up 40.7%, with a current median hammer price of £270. The bottle has been observed at auction across 16 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 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl?

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 £380, 24-month median £270 — 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 18 Year Old (Classic) 75cl that hammers at £380 would cost the buyer approximately £479 all-in including buyer's premium.

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