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Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl

£160

latest hammer price · blended across 2 auction houses

Scarce at auction· 12 lots a year

Auction lots

8

Houses

2

Last sold

31 days ago

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 8 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £148, with the most recent sale at £160. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £170 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is £147–£173 8% around the latest sale).

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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

£160

24-month median

£148

24-month high

£170

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£147–£173 ±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

12 lots

Cadence

≈ 1 per month

Trend

33% vs prior year

Houses

2

Activity rank

top 7% of tracked bottles

Last seen

31 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£150

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 Auctions13£150£150
Whisky Hammer8£160£148
5.9%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£136£175Nov 21Jul 22Nov 22Apr 24Dec 24Feb 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2026£1601
April 2026£1501
February 2026£1201
December 2024£1451
April 2024£1001
November 2022£1451
July 2022£1701
November 2021£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 33% on the previous year. It has traded at 2 different auction houses in that period. That puts it in the top 7% by auction activity among the 29,926 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 £160. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £148, with a high of £170 and a low of £100. 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?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £100 to £170 (median £148).

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 £148 (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?

Balvenie Founder’s Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl has appeared in 8 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £148. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

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 £160, 24-month median £148 — 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 £160 would cost the buyer approximately £202 all-in including buyer's premium.

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