Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 10 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £530, with the most recent sale at £420. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £420 (low) to £1,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is £355–£485 (±16% around the latest sale).
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as portwood, 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.
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Latest sale
£420
24-month median
£530
24-month high
£1,400
24-month low
£420
Estimated value · likely range
£355–£485 ±16%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions
Cross-house median
£520
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisky Hammer | 24 | £210 | £525 |
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 11 | £420 | £520 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | £420 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £520 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £1,400 | 1 |
| November 2019 | £500 | 1 |
| March 2019 | £540 | 1 |
| November 2018 | £700 | 1 |
| June 2018 | £560 | 1 |
| May 2018 | £500 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £478 | 4 |
| February 2018 | £880 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) at auction is £420. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £530, with a high of £1,400 and a low of £420. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood), so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £420 to £1,400 (median £530).
Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) 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 £530 (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%.
Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) has appeared in 13 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £530. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £530 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 - 1989 (Port Wood) that hammers at £420 would cost the buyer approximately £529 all-in including buyer's premium.
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