Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) is a collectable Scotch whisky from Yamazaki aged 25 years. Based on 19 recorded auction lots across 16 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £6,100, with the most recent sale at £3,650. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £3,650 (low) to £10,050 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) is £2,532–£4,768 (±31% around the latest sale).
Year-on-year, Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) is down 63.7%, with a 6-month trend of -40.2% (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.
Yamazaki is a whisky distillery. Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) is an age-stated bottling at 25 years old, distilled in 2021.
Single vintage
Distilled in a single year (2021), so the available batch is inherently finite.
Considerable age
A 25-year age statement reflects long maturation and the small surviving volume that implies — older stock is scarcer.
Named / limited release
Released as pre, 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
£3,650
24-month median
£6,100
24-month high
£10,050
24-month low
£3,650
Estimated value · likely range
£2,532–£4,768 ±31%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | £3,650 | 3 |
| February 2026 | £3,850 | 2 |
| December 2025 | £3,700 | 1 |
| September 2025 | £5,000 | 1 |
| April 2025 | £4,050 | 1 |
| April 2024 | £6,000 | 1 |
| March 2024 | £6,100 | 1 |
| June 2023 | £6,000 | 1 |
| November 2022 | £7,050 | 1 |
| June 2022 | £9,000 | 1 |
| May 2022 | £8,400 | 1 |
| April 2022 | £8,800 | 1 |
The latest hammer price for Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) at auction is £3,650. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £6,100, with a high of £10,050 and a low of £3,650. 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.
Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) is down 63.7% year-on-year based on monthly median hammer prices. Over the past 6 months it has moved down 40.2%. Past auction performance is not a guarantee of future value.
Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) 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 £6,100 (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%.
Over the past 12 months Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) has moved down 63.7%, with a current median hammer price of £6,100. The bottle has been observed at auction across 19 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 £3,650, 24-month median £6,100 — 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 Yamazaki - 25 Year Old (Pre-2021 Release) that hammers at £3,650 would cost the buyer approximately £4,599 all-in including buyer's premium.
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