Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie aged 23 years. Based on 11 recorded auction lots across 11 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £1,100, with the most recent sale at £1,100. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £900 (low) to £1,500 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 is £950–£1,250 (±14% around the latest sale).
Balvenie is a whisky distillery. Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 is an age-stated bottling at 23 years old, distilled in 1993.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (1993), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Age statement
A 23-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as compendiumdcsseq3, 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
£1,100
24-month median
£1,100
24-month high
£1,500
24-month low
£900
Estimated value · likely range
£950–£1,250 ±14%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | £1,100 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £1,300 | 1 |
| January 2022 | £1,500 | 1 |
| October 2021 | £1,300 | 1 |
| April 2021 | £1,000 | 1 |
| December 2020 | £1,000 | 1 |
| October 2020 | £1,300 | 1 |
| August 2019 | £900 | 1 |
| June 2019 | £900 | 1 |
| January 2019 | £1,100 | 1 |
| March 2018 | £1,250 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 at auction is £1,100. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £1,100, with a high of £1,500 and a low of £900. 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.
wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £900 to £1,500 (median £1,100).
Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 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 £1,100 (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%.
Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 has appeared in 11 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £1,100. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.
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 £1,100, 24-month median £1,100 — 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 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3 that hammers at £1,100 would cost the buyer approximately £1,386 all-in including buyer's premium.
Own a bottle of Balvenie 1993 23 Year Old DCS Compendium Chapter 3?
Track it against live auction data and see your portfolio's real market value — free for up to 3 bottles.
Start tracking free →