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Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl

£120
▼ 29.4%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

69

Houses

2

Last sold

3 days ago

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 69 recorded auction lots across 45 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £170, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £105 (low) to £270 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is £104–£136 (±14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is down 29.4%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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 Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as cognacfounderreserve, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.

  • Non-standard format

    Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.

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
Edition
Founder Reserve Cognac
Bottle size
750ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£170

24-month high

£270

24-month low

£105

Estimated value · likely range

£104–£136 ±14%

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

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

▲ 0% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 5% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£160

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 Auctions52£130£165
Whisky Hammer8£160£148
▲ 0%vs 6 months ago
▼ 29.4%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£102£190£278Dec 15Apr 17Mar 18Jan 19Apr 21Aug 24Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£1202
August 2026£1501
July 2026£1174
December 2025£1602
September 2025£1502
July 2025£1701
June 2025£1204
May 2025£1302
January 2025£1602
August 2024£1701
March 2024£2301
October 2023£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl at auction?

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl appeared in 12 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 0% 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 35,289 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £170, with a high of £270 and a low of £105. 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 Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is down 29.4% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl?

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl 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 £170 (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 Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl has moved down 29.4%, with a current median hammer price of £170. The bottle has been observed at auction across 69 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 Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl?

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 £120, 24-month median £170 — 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 Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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