Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 12 years. Based on 29 recorded auction lots across 22 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £27, with the most recent sale at £34. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £10 (low) to £40 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is £30–£38 (±12% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is up 36%, with a 6-month trend of +23.6% (up). 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as doublewood, a named edition rather than part of the standard core range.
Non-standard format
Bottled in a 200ml 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.
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Latest sale
£34
24-month median
£27
24-month high
£40
24-month low
£10
Estimated value · likely range
£30–£38 ±12%
Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.
Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer
Cross-house median
£27
Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.
| Auction house | Price points | Latest hammer | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 18 | £40 | £25 |
| Whisky Hammer | 6 | £34 | £30 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £34 | 1 |
| November 2025 | £40 | 1 |
| August 2025 | £20 | 1 |
| June 2025 | £27 | 1 |
| May 2025 | £32 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £30 | 1 |
| February 2025 | £28 | 2 |
| December 2024 | £35 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £25 | 2 |
| September 2024 | £30 | 1 |
| May 2024 | £35 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £25 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl at auction is £34. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £27, with a high of £40 and a low of £10. 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl is up 36% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 23.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl 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 £27 (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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl has moved up 36%, with a current median hammer price of £27. The bottle has been observed at auction across 29 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 £34, 24-month median £27 — 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 12 Year Old DoubleWood 20cl that hammers at £34 would cost the buyer approximately £43 all-in including buyer's premium.
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