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Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon

£20
73.3%vs 12 months ago

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 6 lots a year

Auction lots

15

Houses

1

Last sold

142 days ago

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a collectable Scotch whisky from Buffalo Trace - Kentucky. Based on 15 recorded auction lots across 13 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £20, with the most recent sale at £20. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £20 (low) to £75 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is £18–£22 8% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is down 73.3%, 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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky is a whisky distillery. Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Buffalo Trace - Kentucky rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Buffalo Trace - Kentucky
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£20

24-month median

£20

24-month high

£75

24-month low

£20

Estimated value · likely range

£18–£22 ±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

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

6 lots

Cadence

≈ every 61 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 13% of tracked bottles

Last seen

142 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

9.1%vs 6 months ago
73.3%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£19£48£77Oct 21Mar 22Feb 23Nov 23Aug 25Dec 25Apr 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
April 2026£203
March 2026£201
December 2025£221
November 2025£201
August 2025£201
July 2025£201
November 2023£221
May 2023£201
February 2023£201
October 2022£201
March 2022£201
February 2022£201

Frequently asked questions

How rare is Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon at auction?

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon appeared in 6 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 13% by auction activity among the 31,146 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon?

The latest hammer price for Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon at auction is £20. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £20, with a high of £75 and a low of £20. 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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon changed in value over the past year?

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon is down 73.3% 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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon?

Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon 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 £20 (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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon has moved down 73.3%, with a current median hammer price of £20. The bottle has been observed at auction across 15 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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon?

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 £20, 24-month median £20 — 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 Buffalo Trace - Kentucky Straight Bourbon that hammers at £20 would cost the buyer approximately £25 all-in including buyer's premium.

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