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Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary

£650
2.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 15 lots a year

Auction lots

101

Houses

2

Last sold

25 days ago

Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 25 years. Based on 101 recorded auction lots across 39 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £500, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £332 (low) to £850 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is £598–£702 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is up 2.4%, with a 6-month trend of -23.5% (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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 25thanniversarydoublewood, 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
25 years
Edition
Doublewood 25th Anniversary
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£650

24-month median

£500

24-month high

£850

24-month low

£332

Estimated value · likely range

£598–£702 ±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.

Market presence

last 12 months

Scarce at auctiona good find when it appears

Seen at auction

15 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

400% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

25 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£500

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 Auctions63£450£500
Whisky Hammer8£450£680
23.5%vs 6 months ago
2.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£322£599£876Dec 18Nov 19Aug 20Nov 21May 23Sept 24Jun 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£6503
July 2026£5003
June 2026£7001
April 2026£6501
March 2026£6754
February 2026£6601
September 2025£8502
October 2024£6502
September 2024£7001
June 2024£6002
March 2024£7601
February 2024£8001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary at auction?

Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary appeared in 15 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 400% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 5% 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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £500, with a high of £850 and a low of £332. 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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is up 2.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 23.5%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary 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 £500 (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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary has moved up 2.4%, with a current median hammer price of £500. The bottle has been observed at auction across 101 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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

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 £650, 24-month median £500 — 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 25 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.

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