Balvenie - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 4 recorded auction lots across 3 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £620, with the most recent sale at £1,025. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £560 (low) to £1,025 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium is £641–£1,409 (±38% around the latest sale).
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2009.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2009), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as compendiumdcsseq4, 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.
Latest sale
£1,025
24-month median
£620
24-month high
£1,025
24-month low
£560
Estimated value · likely range
£641–£1,409 ±38%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | £1,025 | 2 |
| November 2022 | £560 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £620 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium at auction is £1,025. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £620, with a high of £1,025 and a low of £560. 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 - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £560 to £1,025 (median £620).
Balvenie - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium 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 £620 (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 - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium has appeared in 4 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £620. 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 £1,025, 24-month median £620 — 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 - Chapter 4 (2009) DCS Compendium that hammers at £1,025 would cost the buyer approximately £1,292 all-in including buyer's premium.
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