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Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03

£460
19.8%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

88

Houses

1

Last sold

326 days ago

Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 26 years. Based on 88 recorded auction lots across 29 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £500, with the most recent sale at £460. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £320 (low) to £750 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 is £423–£497 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 is down 19.8%, with a 6-month trend of -8% (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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 is an age-stated bottling at 26 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 26-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 03) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

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
26 years
Cask number
03
Edition
Day Dark Barley Story
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£460

24-month median

£500

24-month high

£750

24-month low

£320

Estimated value · likely range

£423–£497 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 14% of tracked bottles

Last seen

326 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

8%vs 6 months ago
19.8%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£310£541£773Aug 20Jan 21Feb 22Oct 22Nov 23May 25Oct 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2025£4602
September 2025£5004
July 2025£4202
June 2025£7502
May 2025£4802
April 2025£5002
November 2024£5004
March 2024£5504
November 2023£5002
August 2023£6502
July 2023£7002
June 2023£5202

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 at auction?

Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 appeared in 6 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 14% 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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 at auction is £460. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £500, with a high of £750 and a low of £320. 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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 is down 19.8% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 8%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03?

Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 has moved down 19.8%, with a current median hammer price of £500. The bottle has been observed at auction across 88 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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03?

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 £460, 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 26 Year Old A Day Of Dark Barley Story #03 that hammers at £460 would cost the buyer approximately £580 all-in including buyer's premium.

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