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Yamazaki - 12 Year Old

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Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki aged 12 years. Based on 23 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £120. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £75 (low) to £420 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is £74–£166 38% around the latest sale).

Year-on-year, Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is up 39.1%, with a 6-month trend of +0% (up). 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 Yamazaki

Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is an age-stated bottling at 12 years old.

What drives this bottle's value

Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is a standard release without strong scarcity signals such as a single vintage, a long age statement, a single-cask outturn or a limited edition. Its secondary-market value is driven mainly by ongoing auction demand for Yamazaki rather than by built-in rarity.

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
Yamazaki
Age
12 years
Bottle size
700ml

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Latest sale

£120

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£420

24-month low

£75

Estimated value · likely range

£74–£166 ±38%

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

£98

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 Auctions17£120£120
Whisky Hammer9£80£80
0%vs 6 months ago
39.1%vs 12 months ago

Price history (monthly median)

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
November 2025£1201
October 2024£2801
October 2023£2801
May 2023£2301
March 2023£4201
August 2022£1265
December 2021£1202
March 2021£1601
December 2020£1001
July 2020£1201
June 2020£951
February 2020£801

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current auction price of Yamazaki - 12 Year Old?

The latest hammer price for Yamazaki - 12 Year Old at auction is £120. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £420 and a low of £75. 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 Yamazaki - 12 Year Old changed in value over the past year?

Yamazaki - 12 Year Old is up 39.1% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved up 0%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.

Where can I sell Yamazaki - 12 Year Old?

Yamazaki - 12 Year Old 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 £120 (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 Yamazaki - 12 Year Old a good investment?

Over the past 12 months Yamazaki - 12 Year Old has moved up 39.1%, with a current median hammer price of £120. The bottle has been observed at auction across 23 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 Yamazaki - 12 Year Old?

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 £120, 24-month median £120 — 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 Yamazaki - 12 Year Old that hammers at £120 would cost the buyer approximately £151 all-in including buyer's premium.

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