Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is a collectable Scotch whisky from Balvenie. Based on 267 recorded auction lots across 103 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £440, with the most recent sale at £650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £187 (low) to £1,600 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is £390–£910 (±40% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 is down 38.1%, with a 6-month trend of -31.6% (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 Tun 1401 Batch #5 is a no-age-statement bottling.
Named / limited release
Released as 1401seq5tun, 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
£650
24-month median
£440
24-month high
£1,600
24-month low
£187
Estimated value · likely range
£390–£910 ±40%
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
£470
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 | 113 | £650 | £440 |
| Whisky Hammer | 11 | £620 | £740 |
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | £650 | 1 |
| January 2026 | £700 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £750 | 2 |
| March 2025 | £850 | 1 |
| July 2024 | £1,300 | 1 |
| June 2024 | £950 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £950 | 1 |
| December 2023 | £700 | 1 |
| November 2023 | £875 | 2 |
| September 2023 | £950 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £900 | 1 |
| July 2023 | £975 | 2 |
The latest hammer price for Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 at auction is £650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £440, with a high of £1,600 and a low of £187. 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 Tun 1401 Batch #5 is down 38.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 31.6%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Balvenie Tun 1401 Batch #5 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 £440 (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 Tun 1401 Batch #5 has moved down 38.1%, with a current median hammer price of £440. The bottle has been observed at auction across 267 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 £650, 24-month median £440 — 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 Tun 1401 Batch #5 that hammers at £650 would cost the buyer approximately £819 all-in including buyer's premium.
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