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Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020)

£100
35.5%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 2 lots a year

Auction lots

13

Houses

1

Last sold

40 days ago

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Blanton's. Based on 13 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £150, with the most recent sale at £100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £100 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) is £90–£110 10% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) is down 35.5%, with a 6-month trend of -47.4% (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 Blanton's

Blanton's is a whisky distillery. Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 2020.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single vintage

    Distilled in a single year (2020), so the available batch is inherently finite.

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
Blanton's
Expression
Straight from the Barrel (2020)
Vintage
2020
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£100

24-month median

£150

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£100

Estimated value · likely range

£90–£110 ±10%

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 39% of tracked bottles

Last seen

40 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

47.4%vs 6 months ago
35.5%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£97£167£237Jul 21Apr 23Jun 24Apr 25Jul 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
July 2026£1001
March 2026£1301
April 2025£1251
January 2025£1401
June 2024£1301
January 2024£2301
April 2023£1901
March 2022£1501
November 2021£1501
October 2021£1651
September 2021£1601
August 2021£1601

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) at auction?

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) 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 39% 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 Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020)?

The latest hammer price for Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) at auction is £100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £150, with a high of £230 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 Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) changed in value over the past year?

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) is down 35.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 47.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020)?

Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) 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 £150 (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 Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) has moved down 35.5%, with a current median hammer price of £150. The bottle has been observed at auction across 13 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 Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020)?

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 £100, 24-month median £150 — 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 Blanton's Straight from the Barrel (2020) that hammers at £100 would cost the buyer approximately £126 all-in including buyer's premium.

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