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Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary

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Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 12 years. Based on 89 recorded auction lots across 49 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £41, with the most recent sale at £40. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £28 (low) to £78 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is £33–£47 18% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is down 5.9%, with a 6-month trend of -14.9% (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 Balvenie

Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Named / limited release

    Released as 25thanniversarydoublewood, 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.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Balvenie
Age
12 years
Edition
25thanniversarydoublewood
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£40

24-month median

£41

24-month high

£78

24-month low

£28

Estimated value · likely range

£33–£47 ±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.

Seen across auction houses

Seen at: Scotch Whisky Auctions · Whisky Hammer

Cross-house median

£41

Median hammer price blended across every recorded sale at all 2 auction houses below — a single figure that smooths house-to-house variation.

Auction housePrice pointsLatest hammerMedian
Scotch Whisky Auctions46£35£40
Whisky Hammer10£40£46
14.9%vs 6 months ago
5.9%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
March 2026£401
October 2025£351
August 2025£501
April 2025£351
March 2025£601
December 2024£452
August 2024£471
March 2024£601
February 2024£502
December 2023£413
November 2023£482
September 2023£501

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

The latest hammer price for Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary at auction is £40. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £41, with a high of £78 and a low of £28. 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 Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary changed in value over the past year?

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary is down 5.9% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 14.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary 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 £41 (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 Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary has moved down 5.9%, with a current median hammer price of £41. The bottle has been observed at auction across 89 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 Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary?

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 £41 — 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 Balvenie 12 Year Old DoubleWood 25th Anniversary that hammers at £40 would cost the buyer approximately £50 all-in including buyer's premium.

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