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Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08

£600
42.9%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

31

Houses

1

Last sold

116 days ago

Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 27 years. Based on 31 recorded auction lots across 21 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,000, with the most recent sale at £600. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £600 (low) to £1,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 is £495–£705 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 is down 42.9%, with a 6-month trend of -20% (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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 is an age-stated bottling at 27 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 27-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08, 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
Expression
27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08
Age
27 years
Edition
Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£600

24-month median

£1,000

24-month high

£1,400

24-month low

£600

Estimated value · likely range

£495–£705 ±18%

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

2 lots

Cadence

≈ every 183 days

Trend

67% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

116 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

20%vs 6 months ago
42.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£582£1,012£1,442Aug 22Dec 22Oct 23Dec 24Jul 25May 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
May 2026£6001
September 2025£7001
July 2025£7001
June 2025£1,0001
April 2025£7001
December 2024£8001
November 2024£7502
November 2023£9502
October 2023£1,0752
September 2023£1,1501
July 2023£1,0501
June 2023£1,0001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 at auction?

Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 appeared in 2 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 67% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 39% 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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 at auction is £600. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,000, with a high of £1,400 and a low of £600. 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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 is down 42.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 20%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08?

Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 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 £1,000 (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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 has moved down 42.9%, with a current median hammer price of £1,000. The bottle has been observed at auction across 31 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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08?

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 £600, 24-month median £1,000 — 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 27 Year Old Distant Shores Story #08 that hammers at £600 would cost the buyer approximately £756 all-in including buyer's premium.

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