Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 10 years. Based on 44 recorded auction lots across 34 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £180, with the most recent sale at £140. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £140 (low) to £260 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is £115–£165 (±18% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is down 9.7%, with a 6-month trend of -44% (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.
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is an age-stated bottling at 10 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as cognacfounderreserve, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 750ml format rather than the standard 700ml, which sets it apart from the regular run.
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
£140
24-month median
£180
24-month high
£260
24-month low
£140
Estimated value · likely range
£115–£165 ±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 |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | £140 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £155 | 2 |
| February 2024 | £170 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £200 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £170 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £180 | 2 |
| December 2022 | £250 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £170 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £240 | 1 |
| March 2022 | £210 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £150 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £165 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl at auction is £140. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £180, with a high of £260 and a low of £140. 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.
Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl is down 9.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 44%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl 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 £180 (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 Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl has moved down 9.7%, with a current median hammer price of £180. The bottle has been observed at auction across 44 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 £140, 24-month median £180 — 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 Balvenie 10 Year Old Founder's Reserve Cognac Bottle 75cl that hammers at £140 would cost the buyer approximately £176 all-in including buyer's premium.
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