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BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood

£40
▲ 0%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Auction lots

35

Houses

1

Last sold

506 days ago

BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benriach aged 12 years. Based on 35 recorded auction lots across 25 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £40, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £30 (low) to £55 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood is £37–£43 (±8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood is up 0%, 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 Benriach

Benriach is a whisky distillery. Benriach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood, 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
Benriach
Expression
12 Year Old Sherry Wood
Age
12 years
Edition
BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£40

24-month high

£55

24-month low

£30

Estimated value · likely range

£37–£43 ±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

Hardly ever seenalmost never comes to market

Seen at auction

0 lots

Last seen

506 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 20%vs 6 months ago
▲ 0%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£29£43£57May 18Nov 19Jun 20Apr 22Jul 23Jun 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
June 2025£401
July 2024£451
June 2024£401
February 2024£551
July 2023£451
October 2022£401
June 2022£501
May 2022£401
April 2022£401
March 2022£451
February 2022£401
September 2021£401

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood at auction?

BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood appeared in 0 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — hardly ever seen (almost never comes to market).

What is the current auction price of BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood?

The latest hammer price for BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £40, with a high of £55 and a low of £30. 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 BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood changed in value over the past year?

BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood is up 0% 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 BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood?

BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood 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 £40 (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 BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood a good investment?

Over the past 12 months BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood has moved up 0%, with a current median hammer price of £40. The bottle has been observed at auction across 35 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 BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood?

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 £40, 24-month median £40 — 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 BenRiach 12 Year Old Sherry Wood that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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