Balblair 1983 1st Release is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balblair, bottled in 1983. Based on 58 recorded auction lots across 47 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £250, with the most recent sale at £250. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £145 (low) to £400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balblair 1983 1st Release is £206–£294 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balblair 1983 1st Release is down 26.5%, with a 6-month trend of -7.4% (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.
Balblair is a whisky distillery. Balblair 1983 1st Release is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 1983.
Named / limited release
Released as 1st, 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.
Latest sale
£250
24-month median
£250
24-month high
£400
24-month low
£145
Estimated value · likely range
£206–£294 ±18%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £250 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £240 | 1 |
| March 2025 | £360 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £260 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £300 | 1 |
| February 2024 | £260 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £270 | 1 |
| October 2023 | £270 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £360 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £320 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £290 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £400 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balblair 1983 1st Release at auction is £250. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £250, with a high of £400 and a low of £145. 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.
Balblair 1983 1st Release is down 26.5% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 7.4%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balblair 1983 1st Release 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 £250 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Balblair 1983 1st Release has moved down 26.5%, with a current median hammer price of £250. The bottle has been observed at auction across 58 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.
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 £250, 24-month median £250 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding 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 Balblair 1983 1st Release that hammers at £250 would cost the buyer approximately £315 all-in including buyer's premium.
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