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Benrinnes 23 Year Old

£400
25%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 4 lots a year

Auction lots

80

Houses

1

Last sold

271 days ago

Benrinnes 23 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Benrinnes aged 23 years. Based on 80 recorded auction lots across 38 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £305, with the most recent sale at £400. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £120 (low) to £520 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Benrinnes 23 Year Old is £344–£456 14% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Benrinnes 23 Year Old is up 25%, with a 6-month trend of -9.1% (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 Benrinnes

Benrinnes is a whisky distillery. Benrinnes 23 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Age statement

    A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.

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
Benrinnes
Age
23 years
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£400

24-month median

£305

24-month high

£520

24-month low

£120

Estimated value · likely range

£344–£456 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

4 lots

Cadence

≈ every 91 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 22% of tracked bottles

Last seen

271 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

9.1%vs 6 months ago
25%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£116£326£536Feb 13Feb 16Aug 17Jun 20Sept 25

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
December 2025£4002
September 2025£3002
April 2025£3802
November 2023£5202
June 2021£3202
November 2020£4401
October 2020£4401
June 2020£3602
December 2019£5001
November 2019£5001
July 2019£3002
June 2019£3602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Benrinnes 23 Year Old at auction?

Benrinnes 23 Year Old appeared in 4 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 22% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Benrinnes 23 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Benrinnes 23 Year Old at auction is £400. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £305, with a high of £520 and a low of £120. 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 Benrinnes 23 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Benrinnes 23 Year Old is up 25% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 9.1%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Benrinnes 23 Year Old?

Benrinnes 23 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 £305 (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 Benrinnes 23 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Benrinnes 23 Year Old has moved up 25%, with a current median hammer price of £305. The bottle has been observed at auction across 80 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 Benrinnes 23 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 £400, 24-month median £305 — 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 Benrinnes 23 Year Old that hammers at £400 would cost the buyer approximately £504 all-in including buyer's premium.

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