latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses
Auction lots
21
Houses
2
Last sold
8 days ago
Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 21 years. Based on 21 recorded auction lots across 19 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £170 (low) to £340 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask is £230–£270 (±8% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask is up 38.9%, with a 6-month trend of -7.4% (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.
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask is an age-stated bottling at 21 years old.
Age statement
A 21-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as caskmadeira, 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
£250
24-month median
£250
24-month high
£340
24-month low
£170
Estimated value · likely range
£230–£270 ±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.
Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears
Seen at auction
17 lots
Cadence
≈ 1 per month
Trend
▼ 26% vs prior year
Houses
2
Activity rank
top 4% of tracked bottles
Last seen
8 days ago
Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£205
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 161 | £290 | £200 |
| Whisky Hammer | 21 | £250 | £250 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £250 | 3 |
| February 2026 | £310 | 1 |
| December 2024 | £270 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £230 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £230 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £250 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £270 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £250 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £260 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £220 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £170 | 1 |
| February 2023 | £230 | 1 |
More from Balvenie
Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask appeared in 17 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — scarce at auction (a good find when it appears). That is down 26% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 4% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.
The latest hammer price for Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £340 and a low of £170. 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.
Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask is up 38.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask 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 £250 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Balvenie 21 Year Old Madeira Cask has moved up 38.9%, with a current median hammer price of £250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 21 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.
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 £250, 24-month median £250 — 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 21 Year Old Madeira Cask that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.
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