Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter is a collectable Scotch whisky from Nikka aged 17 years. Based on 42 recorded auction lots across 31 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £210, with the most recent sale at £180. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £128 (low) to £440 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter is £137–£223 (±24% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter is down 21.7%, with a 6-month trend of -37.9% (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.
Nikka is a whisky distillery. Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter is an age-stated bottling at 17 years old.
Named / limited release
Released as ceramicdecantertsuru, 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
£180
24-month median
£210
24-month high
£440
24-month low
£128
Estimated value · likely range
£137–£223 ±24%
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 | £180 | 1 |
| October 2024 | £220 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £260 | 1 |
| January 2024 | £210 | 1 |
| August 2023 | £260 | 1 |
| April 2023 | £260 | 1 |
| March 2023 | £290 | 1 |
| December 2021 | £440 | 1 |
| September 2021 | £270 | 1 |
| February 2021 | £260 | 2 |
| August 2020 | £320 | 2 |
| February 2020 | £380 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter at auction is £180. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £210, with a high of £440 and a low of £128. 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.
Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter is down 21.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 37.9%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter 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 £210 (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 Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter has moved down 21.7%, with a current median hammer price of £210. The bottle has been observed at auction across 42 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 £180, 24-month median £210 — 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 Nikka Tsuru 17 Year Old Ceramic Decanter that hammers at £180 would cost the buyer approximately £227 all-in including buyer's premium.
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