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Johnnie Walker Black Ruby

£40

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

19

Houses

1

Last sold

4 days ago

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby is a collectable Scotch whisky from Johnnie Walker. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 8 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £56, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £35 (low) to £160 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Johnnie Walker Black Ruby is £24–£56 40% around the latest sale).

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About Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is a whisky distillery. Johnnie Walker Black Ruby is a no-age-statement bottling.

What drives this bottle's value

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby 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 Johnnie Walker 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
Johnnie Walker
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£56

24-month high

£160

24-month low

£35

Estimated value · likely range

£24–£56 ±40%

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

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Trend

50% vs prior year

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

4 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

73.3%vs 6 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

£34£99£165Jul 24Jun 25Aug 25Oct 25Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£401
November 2025£352
October 2025£452
August 2025£434
June 2025£684
September 2024£1302
August 2024£1502
July 2024£1602

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Johnnie Walker Black Ruby at auction?

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That is down 50% on the previous year. That puts it in the top 17% 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 Johnnie Walker Black Ruby?

The latest hammer price for Johnnie Walker Black Ruby at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £56, with a high of £160 and a low of £35. 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 Johnnie Walker Black Ruby changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Johnnie Walker Black Ruby, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £35 to £160 (median £56).

Where can I sell Johnnie Walker Black Ruby?

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby 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 £56 (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 Johnnie Walker Black Ruby a good investment?

Johnnie Walker Black Ruby has appeared in 19 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £56. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Johnnie Walker Black Ruby?

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 £56 — 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 Johnnie Walker Black Ruby that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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