Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki aged 18 years. Based on 2 recorded auction lots across 2 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £780, with the most recent sale at £1,150. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £410 (low) to £1,150 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% is £690–£1,610 (±40% around the latest sale).
Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% is an age-stated bottling at 18 years old.
Age statement
A 18-year age statement signals extended maturation, which limits how much was ever bottled.
Named / limited release
Released as 43, 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
£1,150
24-month median
£780
24-month high
£1,150
24-month low
£410
Estimated value · likely range
£690–£1,610 ±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.
| Month | Median | Lots |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £1,150 | 1 |
| February 2026 | £410 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% at auction is £1,150. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £780, with a high of £1,150 and a low of £410. 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 Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43%, so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £410 to £1,150 (median £780).
Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% 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 £780 (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%.
Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% has appeared in 2 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £780. 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 £1,150, 24-month median £780 — 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 Yamazaki 18 Year Old 70cl / 43% that hammers at £1,150 would cost the buyer approximately £1,449 all-in including buyer's premium.
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