Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 37 recorded auction lots across 24 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £525, with the most recent sale at £410. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £190 (low) to £1,400 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is £357–£463 (±13% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) is up 95.2%, with a 6-month trend of -21.2% (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 - 1989 (Port Wood) is a no-age-statement bottling, distilled in 1989.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1989), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Named / limited release
Released as portwood, 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.
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Latest sale
£410
24-month median
£525
24-month high
£1,400
24-month low
£190
Estimated value · likely range
£357–£463 ±13%
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: Whisky Hammer · Scotch Whisky Auctions
Cross-house median
£520
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whisky Hammer | 24 | £210 | £525 |
| Scotch Whisky Auctions | 11 | £420 | £520 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £410 | 4 |
| March 2026 | £190 | 3 |
| February 2026 | £540 | 6 |
| October 2025 | £420 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £520 | 1 |
| July 2025 | £1,400 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £520 | 1 |
| October 2022 | £530 | 1 |
| September 2022 | £530 | 1 |
| August 2022 | £550 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £580 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £480 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) at auction is £410. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £525, with a high of £1,400 and a low of £190. 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 - 1989 (Port Wood) is up 95.2% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 21.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balvenie - 1989 (Port Wood) 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 £525 (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 - 1989 (Port Wood) has moved up 95.2%, with a current median hammer price of £525. The bottle has been observed at auction across 37 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 £410, 24-month median £525 — 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 - 1989 (Port Wood) that hammers at £410 would cost the buyer approximately £517 all-in including buyer's premium.
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