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BenRiach 30 Year Old

£260
▼ 5.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

30

Houses

1

Last sold

3 days ago

BenRiach 30 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benriach aged 30 years. Based on 30 recorded auction lots across 28 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £273, with the most recent sale at £260. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £130 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for BenRiach 30 Year Old is £211–£309 (±19% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, BenRiach 30 Year Old is down 5.5%, with a 6-month trend of -18.7% (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 30 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 30 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Considerable age

    A 30-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.

  • Named / limited release

    Released as BenRiach 30 Year Old, 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
30 Year Old
Age
30 years
Edition
BenRiach 30 Year Old
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£260

24-month median

£273

24-month high

£420

24-month low

£130

Estimated value · likely range

£211–£309 ±19%

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

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 36% of tracked bottles

Last seen

3 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

▼ 18.7%vs 6 months ago
▼ 5.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£126£279£433Apr 13Aug 16Jan 18Jan 19Oct 20Apr 23Feb 25Oct 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
October 2026£2601
September 2026£3001
May 2025£2601
February 2025£4201
September 2024£3401
January 2024£3201
May 2023£3201
April 2023£3801
February 2023£4001
October 2021£3902
September 2021£4001
October 2020£3001

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is BenRiach 30 Year Old at auction?

BenRiach 30 Year Old 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 puts it in the top 36% 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 BenRiach 30 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for BenRiach 30 Year Old at auction is £260. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £273, with a high of £420 and a low of £130. 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 30 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

BenRiach 30 Year Old is down 5.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 18.7%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell BenRiach 30 Year Old?

BenRiach 30 Year Old 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 £273 (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 30 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months BenRiach 30 Year Old has moved down 5.5%, with a current median hammer price of £273. The bottle has been observed at auction across 30 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 30 Year Old?

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 £260, 24-month median £273 — 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 30 Year Old that hammers at £260 would cost the buyer approximately £328 all-in including buyer's premium.

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